8Appointments and other matters to facilitate establishment of Tribunal

#### 8 Appointments and other matters to facilitate establishment of Tribunal 8 Appointments and other matters to facilitate establishment of Tribunal > > (1) A person may be appointed to any office or other position under this Act before the establishment day. > > > (2) Without limiting subsection (1), the following appointments may be made before the establishment day— > > > > > (a) appointment as the President or as any other kind of member, > > > > > (b) appointment as a Division Head of a Division of the Tribunal that will be created on the establishment of the Tribunal, > > > > > (c) appointment as a List Manager of a Division of the Tribunal that will be created on the establishment of the Tribunal, > > > > > (d) appointment as a member of the Rule Committee, > > > > > (e) appointment as a registrar (including as the principal registrar) or other member of staff of the Tribunal. > > > (3) A member appointed before the establishment day may also be assigned by or under this Act to a Division of the Tribunal that will be created on the establishment of the Tribunal. > > > (4) Without limiting subsections (1) and (2), the Rule Committee may be constituted before the establishment day and may before that day— > > > > > (a) meet and transact business as if the Tribunal (and its Divisions) had been established, and > > > > > (b) without limiting paragraph (a), make Tribunal rules that will come into force on or after the establishment day. > > > (5) Any appointment or assignment made before the establishment day has effect on and from the day specified in the instrument of appointment or assignment as the date of appointment or assignment as if the Tribunal (including its Divisions) had been established. > > > (6) Despite clause 5 of Schedule 2, a member of an existing tribunal (within the meaning of Part 2 of Schedule 1) who is appointed as a member of the Tribunal before the establishment day is not entitled to be paid remuneration as a member of the Tribunal while he or she continues to receive remuneration as a member of the existing tribunal. > > **s 8:** Am 2013 No 94, Sch 1 \[9\].