sec.119Temporary appointment to professional panel of assessors

sec.119 Temporary appointment to professional panel of assessors

This section applies if the Minister reasonably believes that it is necessary to urgently appoint an individual as a member of a professional panel of assessors because— the principal registrar considers a disciplinary proceeding is likely to raise issues of a specialist or technical nature, whether on the basis of advice received under section 131 or otherwise; and the principal registrar has advised the Minister that— none of the panel members has the desirable professional background or skills; or panel members who do have the desirable professional background or skills will not be available to hear the matter. Despite section 118 (1) , the Minister may appoint an individual to a professional panel of assessors for a period of not more than 6 months. An individual is qualified for appointment to a panel under this section only if the individual is qualified for appointment to the panel under section 118 (4) . As soon as practicable after making the appointment, the Minister must publish notice of the appointment in the gazette. s 119 amd 2016 No. 8 s 14 (sec.119-ssec.1) This section applies if the Minister reasonably believes that it is necessary to urgently appoint an individual as a member of a professional panel of assessors because— the principal registrar considers a disciplinary proceeding is likely to raise issues of a specialist or technical nature, whether on the basis of advice received under section 131 or otherwise; and the principal registrar has advised the Minister that— none of the panel members has the desirable professional background or skills; or panel members who do have the desirable professional background or skills will not be available to hear the matter. (sec.119-ssec.2) Despite section 118 (1) , the Minister may appoint an individual to a professional panel of assessors for a period of not more than 6 months. (sec.119-ssec.3) An individual is qualified for appointment to a panel under this section only if the individual is qualified for appointment to the panel under section 118 (4) . (sec.119-ssec.4) As soon as practicable after making the appointment, the Minister must publish notice of the appointment in the gazette.

• (a) the principal registrar considers a disciplinary proceeding is likely to raise issues of a specialist or technical nature, whether on the basis of advice received under section 131 or otherwise; and
• (b) the principal registrar has advised the Minister that— (i) none of the panel members has the desirable professional background or skills; or (ii) panel members who do have the desirable professional background or skills will not be available to hear the matter.
• (i) none of the panel members has the desirable professional background or skills; or
• (ii) panel members who do have the desirable professional background or skills will not be available to hear the matter.