ABORIGINAL LAND ACT 1991 - SECT 206
Qualifications for appointment
ABORIGINAL LAND ACT 1991 - SECT 206
Qualifications for appointment
206 Qualifications for appointment
(1) A person is not eligible for appointment as chairperson or deputy
chairperson of the Land Tribunal unless the person is a barrister, solicitor,
barrister and solicitor or legal practitioner of the High Court or the Supreme
Court of the State, another State or a Territory of not less than 5 years
standing.
(2) A person is not eligible for appointment as a non-presiding
member of the Land Tribunal unless the person—
(a) has, in the opinion of
the Governor in Council, suitable knowledge of Aboriginal people or Aboriginal
tradition; or
(b) has had experience, for not less than 5 years, at a high
level in industry, commerce, public administration, industrial relations, the
practice of a profession or the service of a government or an authority of a
government.