Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977
Parliament of Australia
Long title An Act relating to the Review on Questions of Law of certain Administrative Decisions[1]
Citation	No. 59 of 1977 or No. 59, 1977 as amended [1]
Territorial extent	States and territories of Australia
Royal assent	16 June 1977[1]
Administered by	Attorney-General of Australia[1]Attorney-General of Australia
Status: In force

Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977 (Cth) 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.^[2][3] Review of administrative decisions under the Act is limited to matters of law.^[4]

Legacy

In 1989, the then president of the New South Wales Court of Appeal Michael Kirby wrote that the Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act and the Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975 were "probably the most adventurous and far-reaching legal reforms" to have taken place in Australia.^[5] In a 2011 seminar, the then President of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal Garry Downes wrote that, of the reforms of administrative law in the 1970s and 1980s, (including the establishment of the Federal Court, the Commonwealth Ombudsman, and the Administrative Appeals Tribunal) the Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act was the most significant legislative work of the reform.^[6]

References

Bibliography

• Sykes, Edward Irving (1997). General Principles of Administrative Law (1997 ed.). Butterworths. ISBN 0409309869. Retrieved 10 January 2016.