QUEENSLAND CIVIL AND ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL ACT 2009 - SECT 171 The members

QUEENSLAND CIVIL AND ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL ACT 2009 - SECT 171

171 The members

(1) The members of the tribunal are—

(a) the president; and

(b) the deputy president; and

(c) the senior members; and

(d) the ordinary members; and

(e) the supplementary members.

(2) Every magistrate, while the magistrate holds the office of magistrate, is an ordinary member of the tribunal for minor civil disputes.

(3) The other members of the tribunal, other than supplementary members, are to be appointed by the Governor in Council.

(4) Supplementary members are to be appointed by the Minister.

(5) The members of the tribunal are appointed under this Act and not under the Public Sector Act 2022 .

(6) An appointment of a member of the tribunal under subsection (3) or (4) must be made in writing.

(7) Divisions 3 and 4 do not apply to a magistrate who is an ordinary member under subsection (2) .

(8) However, section 192 (4) (c) , (5) (b) and (c) , (6) and (9) to (11) apply to a magistrate who is an ordinary member under subsection (2) as if a reference in the section to a magistrate appointed as a supplementary member included a reference to a magistrate who is an ordinary member under subsection (2) .