New South Wales Consolidated Acts

CIVIL AND ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL ACT 2013 - SECT 24

24 Rule Committee of Tribunal

(1) There is to be a Rule Committee of the Tribunal.

(2) The functions of the Rule Committee are--

(a) to make the Tribunal rules, and

(b) to ensure that the Tribunal rules it makes are as flexible and informal as possible.

(3) The Rule Committee is to be composed of the following--

(a) the President,

(b) each Division Head,

(c) such other members as may be appointed by the President from time to time.

(4) The President is to be the Chairperson of the Rule Committee.

(5) The President is to appoint one of the other members of the Rule Committee who is a Deputy President as Deputy Chairperson of the Rule Committee.

(6) Unless the regulations provide otherwise, the Rule Committee is to regulate its own procedure.

(7) The following provisions apply in relation to meetings of the Rule Committee unless the regulations provide, or the Rule Committee decides, otherwise--

(a) the Chairperson of the Rule Committee or, in the absence of the Chairperson, the Deputy Chairperson of the Committee is to preside at a meeting of the Committee,

(b) in the absence from a meeting of the Rule Committee of both the Chairperson and Deputy Chairperson, another member of the Committee who is a Deputy President is to be chosen by the members present to preside at the meeting,

(c) the quorum for a meeting of the Rule Committee is a majority of the number of the members for the time being,

(d) any duly convened meeting of the Rule Committee at which a quorum is present is competent to transact any business of the Rule Committee and has and may exercise all the functions of the Rule Committee,

(e) a decision supported by a majority of the votes cast at a meeting of the Rule Committee at which a quorum is present is the decision of the Committee,

(f) the person presiding at a meeting of the Rule Committee has a deliberative vote and, in the event of an equality of votes, also has a casting vote.

(8) The President is to call the first meeting of the Rule Committee in such manner as the President thinks fit and (subject to any decision of the Committee) may call such other meetings of the Committee as the President thinks necessary.