Tribunals

The New Zealand Law Commission has described the functions undertaken by tribunals as including:

• deciding disputes between citizens;
• first instance determination of disputes between citizens and the state;
• reviewing and appealing administrative decisions;
• deciding appeals from decisions of other tribunals;
• regulating and disciplining members of professions;
• licensing particular activities;
• investigating particular matters and making recommendations to Ministers/Parliament; and
• applying consistently, and developing, a broad policy set by Parliament to
• individual situations, where Parliament has considered that this would be
• most appropriately done by an independent body.

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