Northern Territory Numbered Acts Northern Territory Numbered Acts(1) The Health Professional Review Tribunal (the Tribunal ) established by section 63(1) of the Health Practitioners Act is declared to be a responsible tribunal for the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (NT) .
(2) For each matter for which the Tribunal has functions under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (NT) in relation to a person (including, for example, a matter referred to it about a registered health practitioner, or an appeal of a decision not to register a person), the Tribunal consists of:
(a) the 2 permanent members of the Tribunal; and
(b) 3 persons (the special members ) who are:
(i) registered health practitioners under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (NT) in the health profession to which the matter relates; and
(ii) appointed by the President of the Tribunal.
Example for subsection (2)
For a matter referred to the Tribunal as a responsible tribunal under section 193 of the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (NT) about a registered health practitioner in a health profession, each special member must be a registered health practitioner in that health profession.
(3) The President of the Tribunal may appoint a person to be a special member only if the person:
(a) has skills, knowledge or experience relevant to the matter; and
(b) has not been involved in a previous decision relating to the matter.
(4) In this section:
"permanent member", of the Tribunal, see section 63(2) of the Health Practitioners Act .
"President", of the Tribunal, see section 63(3) of the Health Practitioners Act .