16Functions of President

16 Functions of President

16 Functions of President

(1) The functions of the President are—

(a) to direct the business of the Commission (including determining the places and times for sittings of the Commission), and

(b) to facilitate the adoption of good administrative practices for the conduct of the business of the Commission, and

(c) to give directions about, and participate in the development of, the practice and procedure to be followed by the Commission, and

(d) to manage members in each of the Divisions of the Commission, and

(e) to appoint medical assessors, merit reviewers and mediators for the purposes of enabling legislation and exercise general direction and control over the exercise of their functions, and

(f) to advise the Minister about the appointment, reappointment and removal of members and assist in the process of recruitment at the direction of the Minister, and

(g) any other functions that are conferred or imposed on the President by or under this Act or any other legislation.

(2) Without limiting subsection (1), the President has the following functions if appointed before the establishment day—

(a) to assist in the development of the Commission rules for the Commission to use on its establishment,

(b) to assign functions to other members appointed before the establishment day (including any Division Head of a Commission Division) with respect to the establishment of the Commission,

(c) to assign functions to any registrar or other member of staff appointed before the establishment day,

(d) any other functions as are necessary or convenient to facilitate the establishment of the Commission.