53Interpretation

#### 53 Interpretation (1) In this Part, unless the contrary intention appears: > Deputy President means a Deputy President of the Disciplinary Tribunal. > judicial office means: (a) an office of Judge of the Federal Court of Australia or of the Supreme Court of a State or Territory; or (b) an office the holder of which has, by virtue of an Act, the same status as a Judge referred to in paragraph (a). > legal practitioner means a barrister, a solicitor, a barrister and solicitor or a legal practitioner of the High Court or of the Supreme Court of a State or Territory. > President means the President of the Disciplinary Tribunal. > Registrar means the Registrar of the Disciplinary Tribunal. (2) In this Part, unless the contrary intention appears, a reference to a proceeding before the Disciplinary Tribunal shall be read as a reference to: (a) a proceeding in respect of a charge required to be heard by the Tribunal under section 67; (b) an appeal to the Tribunal under section 68 or 69; or (c) an inquiry by the Tribunal into a matter referred by the Minister to the Tribunal under section 70. (3) For the purposes of this Part and of the prescribed regulations in their application for the purposes of this Part, a power under the prescribed regulations to recommend to the Governor‑General that the Governor‑General dismiss the member from the Australian Federal Police in respect of a breach of discipline shall be deemed to be a power to impose a penalty on the appointee in respect of the breach of discipline, and the making, in respect of an AFP appointee, of such a recommendation shall be deemed to be the imposition of a penalty on the appointee.