Tasmanian Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2020
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(1) There is to be a President of the Tribunal.
(2) The Governor is to appoint as the President of the Tribunal a person who is a magistrate or eligible for appointment as a magistrate.
(3) The first term of appointment, of the first person appointed under subsection (2) as the President, is 7 years.
(4) The Governor may extend for a period of 3 years the first term of appointment of the first person appointed as the President.
(5) The term of appointment, of a person appointed under subsection (2) as the President (other than the first term of appointment of the first person so appointed), is 5 years.
(6) A person (including the first person so appointed) may be appointed under subsection (2) as the President as many times as may be and the term of any such appointment may be, but is not required to be, consecutive with a previous term of appointment as the President.
(7) An appointment under subsection (2) must be in writing.
(8) Before a person who is a magistrate is appointed to be the President or the term of appointment as the President of a person who is a magistrate is extended, the Minister must consult with the Chief Magistrate.