Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) A tribunal is taken for the purposes of a Part of this Act to be a court if the regulations so provide.
(2) Regulations made for the purposes of subsection (1) may specify, in relation to a particular tribunal, any one or more Parts of this Act other than this Part or Part 6.
(3) A member of a tribunal that, under this section, is taken to be a court for the purposes of a Part of this Act is, for the purposes of that Part, taken to be a judge of such a court.
(4) If the tribunal is established under a law of the Commonwealth, any reference in this Act to a federal court, in addition to the meaning given by paragraph 26(b) of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 , includes a reference to that tribunal.
(5) In this section:
"tribunal" means a person or body authorised by or under a law of the Commonwealth, a State, a Territory or New Zealand to take evidence on oath or affirmation, but does not include:
(a) a court; or
(b) a person exercising a power conferred on the person as a judge, magistrate, coroner or officer of a court.