79Nominated ART member

79 Nominated ART member

(1) The Attorney‑General may, by writing, nominate a person who holds one of the following appointments to the Administrative Review Tribunal to make orders under subsection 77(6): (a) President; (b) Deputy President; (c) senior member. (2) Despite subsection (1), the Attorney‑General must not nominate a person who holds an appointment as a senior member unless the person: (a) is enrolled as a legal practitioner of the High Court, of another federal court or of the Supreme Court of a State or of the Northern Territory or the Australian Capital Territory; and (b) has been so enrolled for not less than 5 years. (3) A nomination ceases to have effect if: (a) the nominated ART member ceases to hold an appointment of a kind set out in subsection (1); or (b) the Attorney‑General, by writing, withdraws the nomination. (4) A nominated ART member has, in relation to the performance or exercise of a function or power conferred on a nominated ART member by this Act, the same protection and immunity as a Justice of the High Court has in relation to proceedings in the High Court.