(1) The president must allocate tribunal members to a tribunal for an application.
Note The president may allocate people to a tribunal for the hearing of an application or to provide an advisory opinion on an application (see "decision", dict).
(2) The president may allocate to the tribunal for an application 1 or more of the following tribunal members:
(a) a presidential member;
(b) a non-presidential member.
(3) However, for an interim application, the president may allocate any of the following to the tribunal for the application:
(a) 1 or more of the members allocated to the tribunal for the application under subsection (1);
(b) any other tribunal member the president considers appropriate.
(4) The president may appoint an assessor to the tribunal for an application.
(5) However, the president must not allocate an assessor to a tribunal unless there is at least one presidential member or non-presidential member allocated to the tribunal.
(6) In this section:
"interim application" means—
(a) an application under section 53 (Interim orders); or
(b) an application for an order of a procedural nature.
Examples—order of a procedural nature
adjournment, order for default judgment, order joining a party to a proceeding