# Validation of decisions

> act-s503E — as in force on 2026-06-04 — C2026C00232 · Compilation No. 171 — https://www.legislation.gov.au/C2026C00232/latest/text

503E Validation of decisions
          (1) If:
                (a) section 503A is not a valid law of the Commonwealth (in
                    whole or in part); and
                (b) the Minister made a decision under section 501, 501A, 501B,
                    501BA, 501C or 501CA before the commencement of this
                    section;









               the decision is not invalid, and is taken never to have been invalid,
               merely because:
                 (c) the Minister:
                       (i) relied on; or
                      (ii) had regard to; or
                     (iii) failed to disclose in accordance with any applicable
                           common law or statutory obligation;
                     information that was covered, or purportedly covered, by
                     subsection 503A(1) or (2); or
                 (d) the Minister made the decision on the basis of an erroneous
                     understanding of:
                       (i) section 503A; or
                      (ii) the protection that section 503A would provide against
                           an obligation to disclose information.
          (2) However, subsection (1) does not affect rights or liabilities arising
              between parties to proceedings in which:
                (a) judgment is reserved by a court as at the commencement of
                    this section; or
               (b) judgment has been delivered by a court before the
                    commencement of this section;
              and the judgment sets aside, or declares invalid, a decision made
              by the Minister under section 501, 501A, 501B, 501BA, 501C or
              501CA.