SCHEDULE 1 - Provisions with r SCHEDULE 1 - Provisions with respect to membership of the council

[Schedule 1 Amended by No. 68 of 1994, s. 3 and Sched. 1 ]

Section 5

1.   Terms of office

A member of the Council referred to in section 5 (1) (a) , (c) , (d) , (e) or (f) shall be appointed for such period, not exceeding 3 years, as is specified in the member's instrument of appointment and shall (if otherwise qualified) be eligible for re-appointment from time to time for a term not exceeding 3 years.

2.   Provisions requiring devotion of whole of time to other duties

Where, by or under any Act, provision is made requiring the holder of an office to devote the whole of his or her time to the duties of his or her office under that Act, that provision shall not operate to disqualify the person from holding the office and also the office of a member of the Council or to prevent the person from devoting time to performing the duties of office of a member of the Council.

3.   Payment of expenses, &c.

(1) A member of the Council is not entitled to be paid remuneration for performing the duties of office of a member of the Council other than, subject to subclause (2) , travelling and subsistence expenses.

(2) The travelling and subsistence expenses which a member of the Council is entitled to be paid under subclause (1) shall not exceed such travelling and subsistence allowances as the Governor may from time to time determine in respect of members of the Council.

(3) Notwithstanding subclause (1) –

(a) a member of the Council who is engaged by the Council to report judicial decisions is entitled to be paid remuneration for such reporting; and

(b) the member of the Council who is the editor of the Tasmanian Reports is entitled to be paid remuneration for work undertaken by the member as editor or on behalf of the Council.