Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00566:section:79
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00566
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 79
Character Range: 106036–107181

79  Nominated ART member
 (1) The Attorney‑General may, by writing, nominate a person who holds one of the following appointments to the Administrative Review Tribunal to make orders under subsection 77(6):
 (a) President;
 (b) Deputy President;
 (c) senior member.
 (2) Despite subsection (1), the Attorney‑General must not nominate a person who holds an appointment as a senior member unless the person:
 (a) is enrolled as a legal practitioner of the High Court, of another federal court or of the Supreme Court of a State or of the Northern Territory or the Australian Capital Territory; and
 (b) has been so enrolled for not less than 5 years.
 (3) A nomination ceases to have effect if:
 (a) the nominated ART member ceases to hold an appointment of a kind set out in subsection (1); or
 (b) the Attorney‑General, by writing, withdraws the nomination.
 (4) A nominated ART member has, in relation to the performance or exercise of a function or power conferred on a nominated ART member by this Act, the same protection and immunity as a Justice of the High Court has in relation to proceedings in the High Court.

Part 9—Miscellaneous