Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) The Governor in Council may appoint the president and other members by commission.
(2) Subject to section 42, an appointment as a member is for 15 years.
(3) If a person appointed as a member is reappointed, the reappointment may be for up to 15 years.
(3A) Appointment as a member, other than a member appointed under section 17 or under the Land and Resources Tribunal Act 1999, section 27A, must be on a full-time basis.
(4) A person may be appointed as a member only if the person is--
(a) a local lawyer within the meaning of the Legal Profession Act 2007 of at least 5 years standing with extensive experience in 1 or more of the following--
(i) land-related matters;
(ii) mining or petroleum issues;
(iii) indigenous issues;
(iv) something else considered by the Governor in Council to have substantial relevance to the duties of a member; or
(b) a valuer, or a person professionally qualified in another land-related discipline, with extensive litigation or quasi-judicial experience.
(5) A member may be appointed as president only if the member satisfies subsection (4)(a).
(6) If a member is appointed as president, the appointment as president is for the remainder of the term for which the member was appointed as a member.
(7) Despite subsections (2) and (3), a member who, before the end of the member's term of appointment, starts the hearing of a proceeding may remain a member until the proceeding ends.