(1) Every stipendiary magistrate and acting stipendiary magistrate shall by
virtue of appointment to that office and without any further or other
appointment whatsoever constitute a tribunal for the purposes of this Act
while he or she continues to be a stipendiary magistrate or an acting
stipendiary magistrate.
(2) If a tribunal which has begun an investigation
into a matter under this division ceases to be a stipendiary magistrate or an
acting stipendiary magistrate by reason of the expiration of the period of, or
the stipendiary magistrate’s retirement from appointment as stipendiary
magistrate or acting stipendiary magistrate, he or she shall continue to be a
tribunal for the purpose of determining that matter.
