South Australian Consolidated Acts

MEDICAL PRACTICE ACT 2004 - SECT 25

25—Composition of Tribunal

        (1)         The Tribunal consists of 13 members of whom—

            (a)         1 (the "President") must be the Chief Judge of the District Court or another Judge of the District Court; and

            (b)         8 must be medical practitioners appointed by the Governor, and of these—

                  (i)         6 are to be nominated by the Minister; and

                  (ii)         2 are to be selected by the Minister from a panel of 5 medical practitioners nominated by the Australian Medical Association (South Australia) Incorporated; and

            (c)         4 must be persons appointed by the Governor, on the nomination of the Minister, being persons who are not eligible for appointment under a preceding provision of this subsection.

        (2)         The body referred to in subsection (1)(b)(ii) must, in constituting a panel for the purposes of that subsection, nominate at least 1 woman and 1 man.

        (3)         At least 4 appointed members of the Tribunal must be women and at least 4 must be men.

        (4)         The Governor may appoint a person to be a deputy of a member and a person so appointed may act as a member of the Tribunal in the absence of the member.

        (5)         The requirements of qualification and nomination made by this section in relation to the appointment of a member extend to the appointment of a deputy of that member.