Through this administrative objection application, which government dispositions may be challenged, and which matters does the provision leave outside it?
General information · Not legal advice
Material to check
In a practice file we read the disposition document itself and the record of the day the applicant received it, to see what the agency decided and when the period to object began. We also check whether the same matter is dealt with under another statute's own objection or equivalent procedure, since the provision reaches those only where that statute is silent.
These are types of material to look for, not evidence already verified by PRO SE.
Where readings differ
One reading takes the definition at its word: the disposition that may be objected to is one that, under the Administrative Adjudication Act, is a disposition subject to administrative adjudication under that Act, and the party aggrieved by it may apply to that same administrative agency within the period the provision sets.
Another reading reads the carve-outs as decisive: this provision does not apply at all to discipline of public servants under the public service personnel laws, decisions of the National Human Rights Commission on petitions, matters done by resolution of a Labour Relations Commission, matters done under criminal, penal execution and security disposition laws, immigration, refugee recognition, naturalisation and restoration of nationality matters, or the imposition and collection of fines for minor offences.
Your judgment
If the contested matter sits near the edge of the administrative adjudication list, what in the file would show whether it is a disposition this objection reaches?
PRO SE does not make this decision or keep a case record on this public site.When to reconsider
We revisit this card if the provision's list of excluded matters is amended, or if a court decision clarifies whether a particular kind of agency action is a disposition subject to administrative adjudication.