---
title: "Authority for a representative (Administrative Review Tribunal)"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/precedents/administrative-and-public-law/form-art-authority-for-representative"
type: "precedent"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "a31-form-art-authority-for-representative"
area_id: "A31"
kind: "form"
ai_level: "yellow"
version: 1
task_ids: ["A31-B8-2", "A31-X20260927-8"]
law_stated_as_at: "2026-10-22"
---

# Authority for a representative (Administrative Review Tribunal)

> Link to the Tribunal form 'Authority for representative', which the forms page says is used to appoint someone to act as a representative.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/precedents/administrative-and-public-law/form-art-authority-for-representative  
Law stated as at: 2026-10-22

Site index for agents: https://ailawframework.com/llms.txt

## 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: Commonwealth
- AI level: Yellow. You and the tool draft together, with you directing. You check every statement you rely on.
- Law stated as at: 2026-10-22
- Status: Maintained. Checked on 2026-10-22 against the official form at art.gov.au and the 2 authorities it cites, for Commonwealth.

## When to use it

Use when a person appoints a representative in a Tribunal matter on the authority form published on the forms page. Immigration matters may use form MR5 instead, which already has a guide.

## Used for these tasks

- [Prepare an ART application outline from the decision and reasons](https://ailawframework.com/practice/administrative-and-public-law/prepare-an-art-application-outline-from-the-decision-and-reasons.md)
- [Assemble the decision-maker's lodgement bundle for a tribunal review](https://ailawframework.com/practice/administrative-and-public-law/assemble-the-decision-maker-s-lodgement-bundle-for-a-tribunal-review.md)

## How AI may be used

Yellow. A tool may compare a working note with the current official form and list what is missing. The lawyer downloads the form, completes it and lodges it.

**AI may:**

- List the facts and documents the official page says to have ready.
- Compare a working checklist with the current downloaded form and mark gaps.
- Prepare a filing note that quotes only what the official page says.

**AI must not:**

- Do not copy the official form into a new document or file a retyped version.
- Do not invent a form number, fee, time limit or rule that is not on the official page.
- Do not draft, settle or sign an affidavit or other sworn evidence.
- Do not lodge the form or tell the client it has been filed.

**The lawyer checks:**

- Use this authority only if MR5 is not the immigration form the matter requires.
- The forms page reason is to appoint someone to act as the representative.
- Download the current PDF from the forms page.
- The representative's authority should match the scope the client gives.

## Authorities

- [Administrative Review Tribunal forms page.](https://www.art.gov.au/help-and-resources/forms)
- [Authority for a representative (Administrative Review Tribunal).](https://www.art.gov.au/sites/default/files/2024-10/Other%20-%20Authority%20for%20representation-%20form_0.pdf)

## Official form

[Official form](https://www.art.gov.au/sites/default/files/2024-10/Other%20-%20Authority%20for%20representation-%20form_0.pdf)

## Where this comes from

The official form is published by art.gov.au; this page is a completion guide. Last checked on 2026-10-22.

## 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/form-art-authority-for-representative 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.*