7Appointment of acting Tribunal

7 Appointment of acting Tribunal

7 Appointment of acting Tribunal

(1) The Minister may from time to time, on the recommendation of the Attorney General, appoint qualified persons to act as the Tribunal—

(a) during the illness or absence of the person appointed as the Tribunal, or

(b) during a vacancy in the office of the Tribunal, or

(c) on the occasions or in respect of the appeals as the person appointed as the Tribunal directs.

(1A) The Minister, when appointing a qualified person to act as the Tribunal, is to determine the person’s place in the order of seniority of persons appointed under this section.

(2) A qualified person while acting as the Tribunal shall be deemed to be the Tribunal.

(3) More than one sitting of the Tribunal may be held at the same time, but the person appointed as the Tribunal and a person appointed to act as the Tribunal shall not sit on the same appeal.

s 7: Subst 1986 No 16, Sch 12. Am 2004 No 23, Sch 2.1 [4]; 2019 No 12, Sch 4[1].