Queensland Consolidated Acts

ABORIGINAL LAND ACT 1991 - SECT 206

206 Qualifications for appointment

(1) A person is not eligible for appointment as chairperson or deputy chairperson of the Land Tribunal unless the person is a barrister, solicitor, barrister and solicitor or legal practitioner of the High Court or the Supreme Court of the State, another State or a Territory of not less than 5 years standing.

(2) A person is not eligible for appointment as a non-presiding member of the Land Tribunal unless the person—

(a) has, in the opinion of the Governor in Council, suitable knowledge of Aboriginal people or Aboriginal tradition; or

(b) has had experience, for not less than 5 years, at a high level in industry, commerce, public administration, industrial relations, the practice of a profession or the service of a government or an authority of a government.