Court Proceedings (Delays) Act 2024

Assignment of assessment application

13. (1) As soon as practicable after the Chief Assessor receives an assessment application, he or she shall assign the application to an Assessor for the purposes of making an assessment of the application concerned.

(2) An Assessor shall, as soon as practicable after an assessment application has been assigned to him or her in accordance with subsection (1)

(a) for the purpose of making an assessment, examine the assessment application, and

(b) send to the Minister a notice notifying him or her of the making of the assessment application, and a copy of that application.

(3) Subject to this Act, the Minister shall, in consultation with the Chief Assessor, determine the procedures for the making of assessments under this Part.