Dispute Resolution Centres Act 1990
sec.38Power to accept appointment
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sec.38 Power to accept appointment
Where, by or under any Act, provision is made requiring the whole of the time of the holder of a specified office to be devoted to the duties of that office or prohibiting the holder of a specified office from engaging in employment outside the duties of that office, the provision does not operate to disqualify a holder of that office from— holding that office and also the office of a mediator; or keeping remuneration payable to the holder as a mediator. The office of a mediator is not, for the purposes of any Act an office or place of profit under the Crown. s 38 amd 2013 No. 35 s 56 (sec.38-ssec.1) Where, by or under any Act, provision is made requiring the whole of the time of the holder of a specified office to be devoted to the duties of that office or prohibiting the holder of a specified office from engaging in employment outside the duties of that office, the provision does not operate to disqualify a holder of that office from— holding that office and also the office of a mediator; or keeping remuneration payable to the holder as a mediator. (sec.38-ssec.2) The office of a mediator is not, for the purposes of any Act an office or place of profit under the Crown.
- (a) holding that office and also the office of a mediator; or
- (b) keeping remuneration payable to the holder as a mediator.