Administrative Review Tribunal Act 2024

A person is not to be appointed as an appointed member unless the person:

has an extensive knowledge of administrative law or public administration; or

has extensive experience providing legal services related to administrative law; or

has direct experience, and has direct knowledge, of the needs of people, or groups of people, significantly affected by government decisions; or

is an official of a Commonwealth entity who:

is an Agency Head (within the meaning of the Public Service Act 1999); or

is an SES employee; or

holds a position that is equivalent to, or higher than, a position occupied by an SES employee.

The expression SES employee is defined in section 2B of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901.

Before a person is appointed as an appointed member, the Minister must:

take into account the need for a diversity of skills, expertise, experience and knowledge within the Council; and

be satisfied that:

there will be at least 2 appointed members who were not officials of a Commonwealth entity immediately before their appointment; and

there will be at least one appointed member of the kind mentioned in subparagraph (i) who is qualified as mentioned in paragraph (1)(c).