7Members of the Tribunal

7 Members of the Tribunal

7 Members of the Tribunal

(1) The Governor may, by commission under the public seal of the State, appoint any qualified person to be a member of the Tribunal.

(2) A person is qualified to be a member of the Tribunal if the person is a Judge or acting Judge of the Supreme Court or District Court, or of a Court that is of equivalent status (for the purposes of Part 9 of the Constitution Act 1902) to the Supreme Court or District Court.

(3) The Oaths Act 1900 applies in respect of a member in the same way as it applies in respect of a Judge of the Supreme Court.

(3A) The Governor may, by the commission of a person’s appointment as a member or by a subsequent commission under the public seal of the State, appoint a member to be President of the Tribunal.

(3B) Subject to subsection (3C), the President is to hold office as President so long as he or she holds office as a member.

(3C) With the approval of the Governor, the President may resign his or her office as President without resigning his or her office as a member.

(4) Schedule 2 has effect with respect to a member.

s 7: Am 1995 No 21, Sch 4 (7); 1998 No 130, Sch 1 [2]; 2002 No 23, Sch 1.1 [2]; 2008 No 107, Sch 10 [1].