Establishment of Tribunal
78 Establishment of Tribunal
The Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal is established.
There will be 15 members of the Tribunal appointed by the Governor on the nomination of the Chief Justice of whom—
10 must be legal practitioners; and
5 must be persons who are not legal practitioners but who are familiar with the nature of the legal system and legal practice.
A person is not eligible for appointment as a member of the
Tribunal under subsection (2)(a) unless that person is a legal practitioner of at least 5 years standing (taking into account, for that purpose, periods of legal practice and judicial service within and outside the
State).
One member of the Tribunal who is a legal practitioner will be appointed, on the nomination of the Chief Justice, to be the presiding member of the Tribunal, and another member who is a legal practitioner will be appointed by the Governor, on the nomination of the Chief Justice, to be the deputy of that member.
The deputy may, in the absence of the presiding member, exercise any powers conferred by this Act on the presiding member.
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