59Divisions of Tribunal

59 Divisions of Tribunal

(1)  The following Divisions of the Tribunal are established:

(a) the General Division;

(b) the Protective Division.

(2)  The functions and powers of the Tribunal, in relation to an Act, that are, in –

(a) the Division Schedule for the Division of the Tribunal; or

(b) an instrument in writing under subsection (3)  –

allocated to a Division of the Tribunal, are to be performed and exercised in that Division and, if those functions and powers are, in the Division Schedule or in such an instrument, allocated to a stream of the Division of the Tribunal, are to be performed and exercised in that stream of the Division.

(3)  [Section 59 Subsection (3) amended by No. 17 of 2021, s. 16, Applied:05 Nov 2021] The President may, by instrument in writing, allocate to a Division of the Tribunal, and to a stream of a Division of the Tribunal, the functions and powers of the Tribunal in relation to an Act that is not referred to in a Division Schedule and that are, after the commencement day, conferred on the Tribunal.

(4)  A Division of the Tribunal is composed of the members assigned to the Division by or under this Act.

(5)  A stream of a Division of the Tribunal is composed of the members assigned to the stream by or under this Act.

(6)  The Division Schedule for a Division of the Tribunal may include provisions about the following matters:

(a) the qualifications for the appointment of a Division Head of the Division;

(b) the qualifications for the assignment of members to the Division or a stream of the Division;

(c) the allocation to the Division of functions and powers of the Tribunal in relation to an Act specified in the Division Schedule and an instrument under such an Act;

(d) the allocation to a stream of the Division of functions and powers of the Tribunal in relation to an Act specified in the Division Schedule and an instrument under such an Act;