QUEENSLAND CIVIL AND ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL ACT 2009 - SECT 73
Member or adjudicator presiding
QUEENSLAND CIVIL AND ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL ACT 2009 - SECT 73
Member or adjudicator presiding
73 Member or adjudicator presiding
(1) This section applies if the person presiding at a compulsory conference
for a proceeding is a member or an adjudicator.
(2) At the end of the
compulsory conference, the person presiding must advise the parties to the
proceeding of their rights to object to the person constituting the tribunal
for the proceeding.
(3) A party may object to the person constituting the
tribunal for the proceeding.
(4) An objection under subsection (2) , must be
filed in the registry—
(a) within 2 business days after the compulsory
conference ends; or
(b) if the hearing of the proceeding is to start before
the end of the period mentioned in paragraph (a) , before the start of the
hearing.
(5) The person presiding—
(a) may disqualify himself or herself
from constituting the tribunal for the proceeding, whether or not an objection
is filed; and
(b) must not constitute the tribunal for the proceeding if a
party objects to the person constituting the tribunal for the proceeding.
