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title: "Application to the Administrative Review Tribunal for review: completion guide (including the Generative AI Practice Direction)"
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# Application to the Administrative Review Tribunal for review: completion guide (including the Generative AI Practice Direction)

> How to choose and complete the right ART application form: reviewable decision, time limits, fees, what goes in each part, attachments, and what the Tribunal's 2026 Generative AI Practice Direction requires of…

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/precedents/administrative-and-public-law/art-application-for-review  
Law stated as at: 2026-10-17

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How to choose and complete the right ART application form: reviewable decision, time limits, fees, what goes in each part, attachments, and what the Tribunal's 2026 Generative AI Practice Direction requires of documents you lodge.

## Key facts

- Kind: Form. A form to complete, or a guide to completing an official one.
- Practice area: [Administrative & Public Law](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/administrative-and-public-law.md)
- Jurisdictions: Australia, Commonwealth
- AI level: Yellow. AI can help in set ways. A lawyer checks specific points before use.
- Law stated as at: 2026-10-17
- Status: Maintained. Checked on 2026-10-17 against the official form at art.gov.au and the 5 authorities it cites, for Australia and Commonwealth.

## When to use it

Use when a client wants merits review of a Commonwealth decision that an Act makes reviewable by the Administrative Review Tribunal. Always use the current official form or lodgement method. Do not use for decisions reviewable only by a court, or before any required internal review.

## How AI may be used

AI may help prepare the chronology and a first draft of the reasons for seeking review from the decision and the client's instructions. The lawyer confirms jurisdiction, time and form, verifies every fact and citation, and makes any disclosure the Practice Direction requires.

**AI may:**

- Draft the chronology and a short statement of why the decision is wrong from the decision, reasons and the client's documents, with references.
- Check a draft against the Practice Direction's verification list (facts provable, authorities exist, evidence references accurate).
- Produce a plain-language explanation of the process for the client.

**AI must not:**

- Must not draft or alter the words of a statutory declaration or witness statement; the evidence must be the person's own.
- Must not enter documents the decision-maker lodges with the Tribunal, or confidential or privileged material, into a public AI tool.
- Must not decide reviewability, the correct form or the time limit.

**The lawyer checks:**

- The decision is reviewable by the Tribunal and any internal review step has been completed.
- The time limit under the enabling Act or ART Rules s 5, and whether an extension application (s 19) is needed.
- Every citation and fact in any submission is verified, and any required Generative AI disclosure appears at or near the start of the document.
- The fee or concession evidence is attached and the current fee checked on the Tribunal website.

## Authorities

- [Administrative Review Tribunal Act 2024 (Cth) ss 17, 18, 19 (who can apply; when; extension of time)](https://www.legislation.gov.au/C2024A00040/latest/text)
- [Administrative Review Tribunal Act 2024 (Cth) s 34 (how to apply) and ss 268, 269 (reasons on request)](https://www.legislation.gov.au/C2024A00040/latest/text)
- [Administrative Review Tribunal Rules 2024 (Cth) s 5 (application period) and Pt 5 Div 2 (fees)](https://www.legislation.gov.au/F2024L01179/latest/text)
- [Administrative Review Tribunal (Use of Generative AI) Practice Direction 2026 (dated 20 August 2026)](https://www.art.gov.au/sites/default/files/2026-08/Administrative%20Review%20Tribunal%20%28Generative%20AI%29%20Practice%20Direction.pdf)
- [Freedom of Information Act 1982 (Cth) s 57A (which FOI decisions the Tribunal may review)](https://www.legislation.gov.au/C2004A02562/latest/text)

## Official form

[Official form](https://www.art.gov.au/help-and-resources/forms)

## Where this comes from

The official form is published by art.gov.au; this page is a completion guide. Last checked on 2026-10-17.

## Full text and drafting notes

The full text and the drafting notes are not part of this public page. Signed-in firm accounts can read them at https://ailawframework.com/precedents/administrative-and-public-law/art-application-for-review and through the signed-in MCP connector https://ailawframework.com/mcp/firm.

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*