Establishment and constitution of review committees
37 Establishment and constitution of review committees
The chief executive officer may establish review committees for this Act.
A review committee must consist of 3 members.
The members must be chosen from the following 3 panels:
the private legal practitioners panel;
the Australian legal practitioners panel;
the non-legal practitioners panel.
At least 1 of the members must be a legal practitioner.
A review committee need not include a member from each of the panels.
The private legal practitioners panel is—
a panel of up to 14 private legal practitioners nominated by the council of the bar association and approved by the Minister; or
if the council does not nominate a panel within 30 days after receiving a written request from the Minister to do so—a panel of private legal practitioners chosen by the Minister.
The Australian legal practitioners panel is—
a panel of up to 14 Australian legal practitioners nominated by the council of the law society and approved by the Minister; or
if the council does not nominate a panel within 30 days after receiving a written request from the Minister to do so—a panel of Australian legal practitioners chosen by the Minister.
The non-legal practitioners panel is a panel of up to 14 people chosen by the Minister who—
have qualifications or experience relevant to the exercise of the functions of a review committee; but
are not legal practitioners or members or officers of the commission.
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