Victorian Numbered Acts

JUSTICE LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (FAMILY VIOLENCE AND OTHER MATTERS) ACT 2012 (NO. 83 OF 2012) - SECT 44

After section 16(3) of the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 1998 insert —

    "(4)     A person who is appointed or reappointed as a non-judicial member must, before exercising any power or performing any function as a member, take an oath or affirmation of office in the prescribed form and manner.

    (5)     Subsection (4) does not apply in the case of an appointment under section 16A.

    (6)     Subsection (4) does not apply to a person who has previously taken an oath or affirmation of office under subsection (4).

    (7)     A failure by a person to take an oath or affirmation of office in accordance with this section does not invalidate anything done by that person as a member of the Tribunal.".