Constitution of Tribunal for matters under the Law
63 Constitution of Tribunal for matters under the Law
(1) For each matter for which the Tribunal has functions under this Act or the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (NT) (including, for example, a matter referred to it about a registered health practitioner, or an appeal against a decision not to register a person), the Tribunal consists of:
(a) a member who is a lawyer with at least 5 years' experience as a legal practitioner; and
a member who:
(i) is a registered health practitioner in the health profession to which the matter relates; and
(ii) has no conditions or undertakings on his or her registration; and
has skills, knowledge or experience relevant to the matter; and
(c) a member who is not engaged in the health profession to which the matter relates, but who is:
(i) familiar with the interests of persons dealing with persons engaged in the health profession; or
(ii) has knowledge or experience enabling the member to understand those interests.
Subsection (1) does not apply in relation to the following:
(a) a hearing at which the Tribunal makes a decision other than a final decision;
(b) a hearing at which the Tribunal makes a final decision with the consent of the parties;
(c) a compulsory conference or mediation under the Northern Territory Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2014.
In this section:
condition has the same meaning as in the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (NT).
registered health practitioner means a person who is registered under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (NT) to practise a health profession, other than as a student.
undertaking has the same meaning as in the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (NT).
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