6DANominated ART members

6DA Nominated ART members

(1) The Attorney‑General may, by writing, nominate a person who holds one of the following appointments to the Administrative Review Tribunal to issue warrants (except to the National Anti‑Corruption Commission) under Part 2‑5: (a) Deputy President; (b) senior member; (c) general member. (2) Despite subsection (1), the Attorney‑General must not nominate a person who holds an appointment as a senior member on a sessional basis or a general member of the Tribunal unless the person: (a) is enrolled as a legal practitioner of the High Court, of another federal court or of the Supreme Court of a State or of the Australian Capital Territory; and (b) has been so enrolled for not less than 5 years. (3) A nomination ceases to have effect if: (a) the nominated ART member ceases to hold an appointment of a kind set out in subsection (1); or (b) the Attorney‑General, by writing, withdraws the nomination. (4) A nominated ART member has, in performing a function of or connected with, issuing a warrant under Part 2‑5, the same protection and immunity as a Justice of the High Court has in relation to proceedings in the High Court.