Mental Health Act 2016

The functions of the president include—

ensuring the quick and efficient discharge of the tribunal’s business; and

giving directions about—

the arrangement of the tribunal’s business; and

the number of members to constitute the tribunal for a particular hearing; and

the members who are to constitute the tribunal for a particular hearing; and

the places and times the tribunal is to sit; and

other functions conferred on the president under this Act.

Also, the president must ensure the members are adequately and appropriately trained to enable the tribunal to perform its functions effectively and efficiently.

For subsection (2), the president must develop competencies in the following—

administrative law;

the operation of this Act;

mental health and intellectual disability issues, including forensic mental health and forensic disability issues.

A direction mentioned in subsection (1) must not be inconsistent with this Act.