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President, to a senior member or to a non-presidential member other than a senior member included a reference to a person acting as the President, as a Deputy President, as a senior member, or as a non-presidential member other than a senior member, as the case may be.".

Delegation
13. Section 10a of the Principal Act is amended—
    (a) by omitting sub-section (1) and substituting the following sub-section:
    "(1) The President may, either generally or as otherwise provided by the instrument of delegation, by writing signed by him, delegate to a member all or any of his powers under this Act, other than this power of delegation."; and
    (b) by omitting sub-section (3) and substituting the following sub-section:
    "(3) A delegation may be made to a member under this section notwithstanding that a delegation to another member is, or delegations to other members are, in force under this section.".
14. After section 10a of the Principal Act the following section is inserted:

Oath or affirmation of office
"10b. A person who is appointed or re-appointed after the commencement of this section as a member shall, before proceeding to discharge the duties of his office, take before the Governor-General, a Justice of the High Court or a Judge of another federal court or of the Supreme Court of a State or Territory an oath or affirmation in accordance with the form in Schedule 2.".

15. Section 11 of the Principal Act is repealed and the following section is substituted:

Outside employment
"11. (1) Subject to sub-section (2), a full-time member shall not, except with the consent of the Minister, engage in paid employment outside the duties of his office.
"(2) Sub-section (1) does not apply in relation to the holding by a full-time member of an office or appointment in the Defence Force.".

Removal from office
16. Section 13 of the Principal Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the following sub-section:
"(11) A reference in sub-sections (1), (7) and (10) to a member does not include a reference to a member who is a Judge.".

Constitution of Tribunal for exercise of powers
17. Section 21 of the Principal Act is amended—
    (a) by inserting in sub-section (1) "and to any other provision made in this Act or in any other enactment with respect to the constitution of the Tribunal in relation to particular proceedings" after "sub-section (1a)";
    (b) by omitting paragraph (1) (a) and substituting the following paragraphs:
         "(aa) a presidential member who is a Judge and 2 other members (not being Judges);
         (a) a Deputy President and 2 non-presidential members;";
    (c) by omitting from paragraph (1) (c) "senior non-presidential member" and substituting "senior member";
    (d) by omitting