Queensland Consolidated Acts

LAND AND RESOURCES TRIBUNAL ACT 1999 - SECT 18

(1) A person is eligible for appointment as a mining referee only if the person--

(a) is eligible for appointment as a Supreme Court judge; and

(b) has, in the opinion of the Governor in Council, mining industry knowledge and experience, and 1 of the following--

(i) land title and land use issues;

(ii) something else considered by the Governor in Council to have substantial relevance to the duties of a mining referee.

(2) A person is eligible for appointment as a mediation referee only if the person--

(a) is eligible for appointment as a Supreme Court judge; and

(b) has, in the opinion of the Governor in Council, a high level of knowledge or experience of 2 or more of the following--

(i) dispute resolution;

(ii) mediation;

(iii) land title and land use issues;

(iv) something else considered by the Governor in Council to have substantial relevance to the duties of a mediation referee.

(3) A person is eligible for appointment as an indigenous issues referee only if--

(a) the person--

(i) has experience, for not less than 5 years, in industry, commerce, public administration, the practice of a profession or the service of a government or an authority of a government; or

(ii) has researched, and published in journals of high academic quality, in the field of anthropology, history, law, public administration or indigenous issues; and

(b) the person has, in the opinion of the Governor in Council, a high level of knowledge or experience of 2 or more of the following--

(i) cross-cultural issues;

(ii) resolving cultural heritage issues;

(iii) indigenous issues;

(iv) something else considered by the Governor in Council to have substantial relevance to the duties of an indigenous issues referee.