Tasmanian Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2020
26Appointment of Deputy Presidents
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26 Appointment of Deputy Presidents
(1) There is to be at least one Deputy President of the Tribunal.
(2) The Governor may appoint a person as a Deputy President of the Tribunal.
(3) The Governor may only appoint a person under subsection (2) as a Deputy President if the person is an Australian lawyer of not less than 5 years’ standing as an Australian legal practitioner.
(4) The appointment of a person under subsection (2) must be in writing.
(5) The appointment of a person as a Deputy President under subsection (2) –
(a) is to be specified in the instrument of appointment to be –
(i) an appointment for a term of 5 years; or
(ii) an appointment in relation to a particular proceeding or particular proceedings; and
(b) is to be specified in the instrument of appointment to be –
(i) on a full-time basis; or
(ii) on a part-time basis; or
(iii) on a sessional basis.
(6) A person may be appointed as a Deputy 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 a Deputy President.
(7) The Minister, by notice in writing to a person who is a Deputy President, may, at the request of the President and the person, alter the basis, referred to in subsection (5)(b) , on which the Deputy President is appointed so that the person becomes appointed on a full-time basis, a part-time basis or a sessional basis.