5Membership of Council

5 Membership of Council

(1)  *[Section 5 Subsection (1) amended by No. 68 of 1994, s. 3 and Sched. 1 ]*The Council shall consist of 6 members appointed by the Governor of whom –

(a) one shall be a judge nominated by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court; and

(b) one shall be the person for the time being holding, or acting in, the office of editor of the Tasmanian Reports; and

(c) [Section 5 Subsection (1) amended by No. 66 of 2007, Sched. 1, Applied:31 Dec 2008] one shall be an Australian lawyer nominated by the Law Society of Tasmania; and

(d) [Section 5 Subsection (1) amended by No. 66 of 2007, Sched. 1, Applied:31 Dec 2008] [Section 5 Subsection (1) amended by S.R. 2013, No. 85, Applied:27 Nov 2013] one shall be an Australian lawyer nominated by The Tasmanian Bar; and

(e) one shall be a member of the Faculty of Law of the University of Tasmania nominated by the Faculty; and

(f) one shall be a person nominated by the Minister.

(2)  Subsection (1) (a) does not preclude the Chief Justice from nominating himself as a member of the Council.

(3)  The member of the Council referred to in subsection (1) (a) shall be the chairman of the Council.

(4)  If a body referred to in paragraph (c) or (d) of subsection (1) or in paragraph (b) or (c) of clause 6 of Schedule 1 changes its name to another name or ceases to exist under the name referred to in the relevant paragraphs, the Governor may, by order, amend those paragraphs –

(a) by substituting for the name of the body that other name; or