Queensland Consolidated Acts

QUEENSLAND CIVIL AND ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL ACT 2009 - SECT 73

73 Member or adjudicator presiding

(1) This section applies if the person presiding at a compulsory conference for a proceeding is a member or an adjudicator.

(2) At the end of the compulsory conference, the person presiding must advise the parties to the proceeding of their rights to object to the person constituting the tribunal for the proceeding.

(3) A party may object to the person constituting the tribunal for the proceeding.

(4) An objection under subsection (2) , must be filed in the registry—

(a) within 2 business days after the compulsory conference ends; or

(b) if the hearing of the proceeding is to start before the end of the period mentioned in paragraph (a) , before the start of the hearing.

(5) The person presiding—

(a) may disqualify himself or herself from constituting the tribunal for the proceeding, whether or not an objection is filed; and

(b) must not constitute the tribunal for the proceeding if a party objects to the person constituting the tribunal for the proceeding.