Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2009
sec.228Oath of office
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sec.228 Oath of office
This section applies to a person who, under this Act, holds any of the following offices or who is appointed to act in any of the following offices— president; deputy president; senior member; ordinary member, other than the office of an ordinary member held by a magistrate under section 171 (2) ; supplementary member; adjudicator. Before the person performs any function of the office, the person must take or make the oath prescribed under a regulation before the following person— for a person appointed as president, deputy president or a supplementary member, or to act in the office of the president or deputy president—the Chief Justice; for a person appointed as a senior member, ordinary member or adjudicator, or to act in the office of a senior member, ordinary member or an adjudicator— if the person is an Australian lawyer—the Chief Justice or, if the Chief Justice nominates the president to hear the oath, the president or deputy president; or otherwise—the president or deputy president. s 228 amd 2009 No. 48 s 84 ; 2023 No. 23 s 199 (sec.228-ssec.1) This section applies to a person who, under this Act, holds any of the following offices or who is appointed to act in any of the following offices— president; deputy president; senior member; ordinary member, other than the office of an ordinary member held by a magistrate under section 171 (2) ; supplementary member; adjudicator. (sec.228-ssec.2) Before the person performs any function of the office, the person must take or make the oath prescribed under a regulation before the following person— for a person appointed as president, deputy president or a supplementary member, or to act in the office of the president or deputy president—the Chief Justice; for a person appointed as a senior member, ordinary member or adjudicator, or to act in the office of a senior member, ordinary member or an adjudicator— if the person is an Australian lawyer—the Chief Justice or, if the Chief Justice nominates the president to hear the oath, the president or deputy president; or otherwise—the president or deputy president.
- (a) president;
- (b) deputy president;
- (c) senior member;
- (d) ordinary member, other than the office of an ordinary member held by a magistrate under section 171 (2) ;
- (e) supplementary member;
- (f) adjudicator.
- (a) for a person appointed as president, deputy president or a supplementary member, or to act in the office of the president or deputy president—the Chief Justice;
- (b) for a person appointed as a senior member, ordinary member or adjudicator, or to act in the office of a senior member, ordinary member or an adjudicator— (i) if the person is an Australian lawyer—the Chief Justice or, if the Chief Justice nominates the president to hear the oath, the president or deputy president; or (ii) otherwise—the president or deputy president.