Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00831:section:8
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00831
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 8
Character Range: 10072–11060

8  Qualification of members
 (1) A person is not qualified to be appointed as President or Deputy President unless the person is a Justice or Judge of a federal court or of the Supreme Court of a State or Territory.
 (2) Subject to the last preceding subsection, a person is not qualified to be appointed as a member unless:
 (a) the person is qualified to be appointed as President of the Tribunal; or
 (b) the person is a Judge of a District Court of a State or of a County Court of a State.
 (3) The President or the Deputy President ceases to hold office if he or she no longer holds office as a Justice or Judge of a federal court or of a Supreme Court of a State or Territory.
 (4) Subject to the last preceding subsection, a member of the Tribunal ceases to hold office if he or she no longer holds office as:
 (a) a Justice or Judge of a federal court or of a Supreme Court of a State or Territory; or
 (b) a Judge of a District Court of a State or of a County Court of a State.