Commonwealth Numbered Acts

DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION ACT 1992 No. 135 of 1992 - SECT 80

80.(1) Subject to subsection 67(3), the powers of the Commission to hold
inquiries under this Act may, if the President so directs, be exercised by a
single member of the Commission who is a legally qualified person, or by 2 or
more members of the Commission at least one of whom is a legally qualified
person.

(2) If the power of the Commission to hold an inquiry is being exercised by 2
or more members of the Commission:

   (a)  if only one of those members is a legally qualified person - that
        member must preside; or

   (b)  if 2 or more of those members are legally qualified persons:

        (i)    if one of those persons is the President - the President must
               preside; or

        (ii)   in any other case - those members are to elect one of those
               persons to preside.

(3) In this section:

"legally qualified person" means a person who:

   (a)  is or has been a Judge of a court created by the Parliament or of a
        court of a State or a person who has the same designation and status
        as a Judge of a court created by the Parliament; or

   (b)  is enrolled as a Barrister or Solicitor, as a Barrister and Solicitor,
        or as a legal practitioner of the High Court, or of another
        Federal Court or of the Supreme Court of a State or Territory.