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227: Minister or Department is party to proceedings
or “The Minister or Department takes part in all legal actions under this law”
You could also call this:

“The Information Tribunal can consider any information but doesn't have to seek extra evidence”

When the Tribunal is looking at an appeal or a matter, they can ask for information from anywhere they want. This means they can look for information from many different places.

You should know that the Tribunal doesn’t have to ask for any extra information, evidence, or arguments. They can make their decision based only on what you, the Minister, the chief executive, or a refugee and protection officer have given them. This means they don’t have to go searching for more information if they don’t want to.

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Next up: 229: Tribunal may require chief executive to provide information

or “Tribunal can ask chief executive for important appeal information”
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Part 7 Appeals, reviews, and other proceedings
Procedure for appeals and matters

228Information Tribunal may consider

  1. When considering an appeal or a matter, the Tribunal may seek information from any source.

  2. However, the Tribunal is not obliged to seek any information, evidence, or submissions further to those provided by the appellant or the affected person and the Minister, the chief executive, or a refugee and protection officer (as the case may be), and may determine the appeal or matter only on the basis of the information, evidence, and submissions provided by those persons.

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