Queensland Consolidated Acts

CHILD PROTECTION ACT 1999 - SECT 99H

99H Constitution of tribunal

(1) The tribunal must be constituted by 3 members with at least 1 legally qualified member.

(2) A compulsory conference must be heard by at least 2 members, at least 1 of whom is a legally qualified member.

(3) If a child to which a proceeding before the tribunal relates is Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander, the tribunal hearing the proceeding must include, if practicable, a member who is Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander.

(4) The president may choose a member to constitute the tribunal for a proceeding to which this part applies only if the president considers the member—

(a) is committed to the principles mentioned in sections 5A to 5C ; and

(b) has extensive professional knowledge and experience of children; and

(c) has demonstrated a knowledge of and has experience in 1 or more of the fields of administrative review, child care, child protection, child welfare, community services, education, health, indigenous affairs, law, psychology or social work.

(5) A member is ineligible to be a constituting member for a review of a reviewable decision if the member—

(a) has been refused a certificate of approval, or a renewal of a certificate of approval, as an approved carer; or

(b) has had a certificate of approval as an approved carer cancelled.

(6) In this section—

"member" has the meaning given by the QCAT Act .