Queensland Consolidated Acts

ABORIGINAL LAND ACT 1991 - SECT 216

216 Constitution of tribunal

(1) Subject to section 218 , the tribunal is to be constituted for the purposes of the hearing and determination of a proceeding by—

(a) a presiding member; or

(b) subject to subsection (2) , a presiding member and 2 non-presiding members.

(2) If the tribunal is to be constituted as mentioned in subsection (1) (b) —

(a) 1 of the non-presiding members must be a person who, in the opinion of the chairperson of the tribunal, has suitable knowledge of Aboriginal people or Aboriginal tradition; and

(b) the other non-presiding member must have 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.

(3) The tribunal may be constituted for the exercise of powers in relation to the hearing of a proceeding, or for the purposes other than the hearing and determination of a proceeding, by a presiding member.