62Assignment of members to Divisions of Tribunal and streams

62 Assignment of members to Divisions of Tribunal and streams

(1)  Subject to this Act, the President –

(a) is to assign each member (other than the President or a Division Head), including each Deputy President, to one or more Divisions of the Tribunal; and

(b) may assign a member who is a Division Head to one or more Divisions of the Tribunal in respect of which the member is not a Division Head –

and may vary any such assignment at any time.

(2)  An assignment under subsection (1) of a member to a Division of the Tribunal –

(a) is to be in writing; and

(b) is to be made in accordance with any applicable provisions of the Division Schedule for the Division or of this Act and any relevant Act; and

(c) is subject to any limitations specified in the member’s instrument of appointment or assignment.

(3)  An assignment under subsection (1) of a member to a Division of the Tribunal may be limited to participation in proceedings that are in one or more streams of the Division.

(4)  If a person is appointed as a member in relation to proceedings that are within a Division of the Tribunal, the member is to be taken to be assigned under subsection (1) to the Division of the Tribunal.