sec.118ATemporary appointment to public panel of assessors

sec.118A Temporary appointment to public panel of assessors

This section applies if the Minister reasonably believes it is necessary to urgently appoint an individual as a member of the public panel of assessors because the principal registrar has advised the Minister that— none of the panel members will be available for the hearing of a disciplinary proceeding; or a panel member of a particular gender is required under section 130 for a hearing of a disciplinary proceeding and— none of the panel members are of that gender; or the panel members of that gender will not be available to hear the matter. Despite section 118 (1) , the Minister may appoint an individual to the public panel of assessors for a period of not more than 6 months. An individual is qualified for appointment to the panel under this section only if the individual is qualified for appointment to the panel under section 118 (3) . As soon as practicable after making the appointment, the Minister must publish notice of the appointment in the gazette. s 118A ins 2016 No. 8 s 13 (sec.118A-ssec.1) This section applies if the Minister reasonably believes it is necessary to urgently appoint an individual as a member of the public panel of assessors because the principal registrar has advised the Minister that— none of the panel members will be available for the hearing of a disciplinary proceeding; or a panel member of a particular gender is required under section 130 for a hearing of a disciplinary proceeding and— none of the panel members are of that gender; or the panel members of that gender will not be available to hear the matter. (sec.118A-ssec.2) Despite section 118 (1) , the Minister may appoint an individual to the public panel of assessors for a period of not more than 6 months. (sec.118A-ssec.3) An individual is qualified for appointment to the panel under this section only if the individual is qualified for appointment to the panel under section 118 (3) . (sec.118A-ssec.4) As soon as practicable after making the appointment, the Minister must publish notice of the appointment in the gazette.

• (a) none of the panel members will be available for the hearing of a disciplinary proceeding; or
• (b) a panel member of a particular gender is required under section 130 for a hearing of a disciplinary proceeding and— (i) none of the panel members are of that gender; or (ii) the panel members of that gender will not be available to hear the matter.
• (i) none of the panel members are of that gender; or
• (ii) the panel members of that gender will not be available to hear the matter.
• (i) none of the panel members are of that gender; or
• (ii) the panel members of that gender will not be available to hear the matter.