New South Wales Consolidated Acts

CIVIL AND ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL ACT 2013 - SECT 20

20 Functions of President

(1) The functions of the President are--

(a) to direct the business of the Tribunal (including determining the places and times for sittings of the Tribunal), and

(b) to facilitate the adoption of good administrative practices for the conduct of the business of the Tribunal, and

(c) to give directions about, and participate in the development of, the practice and procedure to be followed by the Tribunal, and

(d) to manage members, including by--

(i) developing codes of conduct for members, and

(ii) ensuring that members are adequately and appropriately trained to enable them to exercise their functions effectively and efficiently, and

(iii) undertaking performance management for members (whether by means of agreements with members, reviews or otherwise), and

(iv) developing selection criteria for the appointment of members and, if required by the Minister, overseeing the selection process for members, and

(e) to advise the Minister about the appointment, re-appointment and removal of members, and

(f) to exercise such other functions as may be conferred or imposed on the President by or under this Act or any other legislation.

(2) The President may also enter into agreements with Ministers, public officials and other persons or bodies with regulatory functions in relation to any class of matters over which the Tribunal has jurisdiction about the provision, allocation or use of funding in connection with the exercise of the jurisdiction concerned.

(3) Without limiting subsections (1) and (2), the President has the following functions if appointed before the establishment day--

(a) to assist in the development of the Tribunal rules for the Tribunal to use on its establishment,

(b) to assign functions to other members appointed before the establishment day with respect to the establishment of the Tribunal,

(c) to assign functions to any registrar or other member of staff appointed before the establishment day,

(d) to exercise such other functions as are necessary or convenient to facilitate the establishment of the Tribunal.