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### 5 Membership of Commission
> > (1) [*\[Section 5 Subsection (1) substituted by No. 37 of 2016, s. 4, Applied:07 Oct 2016\]*](/view/html/inforce/2016-10-07/act-2016-037#GS4@EN) The Commission consists of 5 Commissioners appointed by the Minister of whom –
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> > > > (a) one is a person appointed as the chairperson of the Commission; and
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> > > > (b) one is the Director; and
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> > > > (c) one is a person with substantial experience and expertise in financial management; and
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> > > > (d) one is a person with experience in business or government operations; and
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> > > > (e) one is a person nominated by the Law Society.
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> > (2) A person is not eligible for appointment as the chairperson of the Commission unless the person is –
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> > > > (a) a former judge or a former magistrate; or
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> > > > (b) [*\[Section 5 Subsection (2) amended by No. 36 of 2017, s. 11, Applied:19 Sep 2017\]*](/view/html/inforce/2017-09-19/act-2017-036#GS11@EN) an Australian lawyer of at least 5 years' standing as an Australian legal practitioner.
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> > (3) [Schedule 1](#JS1@EN) has effect with respect to the membership of the Commission.
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> > (4) [Schedule 2](#JS2@EN) has effect with respect to the meetings of the Commission.