Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977

Administrative Decisions Act 1977 is an act of the Parliament of Australia, which created the ability to appeal the decision at the Federal Court of Australia for a person or other parties affected by most administrative decisions by an Australian federal department or agency. Review of administrative decisions under the Act is limited to matters of law.

Legacy

In 1989, the then president of the New South Wales Court of Appeal Michael Kirby wrote that the Administrative Decisions Act and the Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975 were "probably the most adventurous and far-reaching legal reforms" to have taken place in Australia. In a 2011 seminar, the president of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal Garry Downes wrote that, of the reforms of administrative law in the 1970s and 1980s, the Administrative Decisions Act was the most significant legislative work of the reform.