Reports and statements made under the Judicial Entitlements Act

The Attorney-General is required under Section 37 of the Judicial Entitlements Act to establish and maintain an electronic register containing specified documents relating to judicial entitlements. 

This page is the register of reports of the Judicial Entitlements Panel (and its predecessor), responses from the Attorney-General, and current entitlement certificates.

Attorney-General request for an advisory opinion

An advisory opinion from the Judicial Entitlements Panel must be initiated through a written request by the Attorney-General. Any request made by the Attorney-General will be published in this register.

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Report of an advisory opinion laid before each House of the Parliament

Subject to personal or confidential information considerations, the Attorney-General is required to present an advisory opinion to each House of Parliament within 10 sitting days after they receive it. Any report of an advisory opinion must be published in this register.

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Report of an own motion recommendation laid before each House of the Parliament

Subject to personal or confidential information considerations, the Attorney-General is required to present an own motion recommendation report to each House of Parliament within 10 sitting days after they receive it.

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Public service body head nominated by the Minister

Before the Judicial Entitlements Panel makes an own motion recommendation, or gives an advisory opinion, it must invite a public service body head nominated by the Attorney-General to make a submission to the Judicial Entitlements Panel providing certain, specified matters.

On 27 September 2016, the Attorney-General nominated the Secretary to the Department of Treasury and Finance as the public service body head for the purposes of the Judicial Entitlements Act 2015.

View instrument of nomination (External link)

Recommendation statements laid before each House of the Parliament

The Attorney-General is required to present a statement to each House of Parliament in relation to any own motion recommendation, setting out whether the recommendation is accepted, varied or rejected.

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Written statement of reasons provided to the Attorney-General

When making an own motion recommendation or an advisory opinion, the Judicial Entitlements Panel must invite submissions from specified people.

If the Judicial Entitlements Panel decides not to make an own motion recommendation, or give an advisory opinion, after inviting the specified people to make submissions, it is required to give its reasons for not doing so in a written statement or report to the Attorney-General. These statements will be published in this register.