ABORIGINAL LAND ACT 1991 - SECT 215
Arrangement of business
ABORIGINAL LAND ACT 1991 - SECT 215
Arrangement of business
215 Arrangement of business
(1) Subject to section 216, the chairperson of the Land Tribunal may give
directions as to the arrangement of the business of the tribunal and as to the
members who are to constitute the tribunal for the purposes of particular
proceedings.
(2) If the chairperson gives a direction as to the members who
are to constitute the tribunal for the purposes of a particular proceeding,
the chairperson may—
(a) at any time after giving the direction and before
the start of the hearing of the proceeding; or
(b) if, in the case of a
proceeding before the tribunal constituted by 3 members, 1 of those members
ceases to be a member, or ceases to be available for the purposes of the
proceeding, during the hearing of the proceeding or after the completion of
the hearing but before the matter to which the proceeding relates is
determined—at any time after the member ceases to be a member or to be
available;
revoke the direction and give a further direction under subsection
(1) as to the persons who are to constitute the tribunal for the purposes of
the proceeding.
(3) In giving a direction under this section as to the
members who are to constitute the tribunal for the purposes of a particular
proceeding, the chairperson must have regard to—
(a) the degree of public
importance or complexity of the matters to which the proceeding relates; and
(b) the need for the tribunal’s affairs to be conducted expeditiously and
efficiently; and
(c) the nature of the issues likely to be involved in the
proceeding.
