Legal Profession Act 2007

In this section – relevant office means – the office of a member of the Tribunal; and the office of the chairperson of the Tribunal; and the office of the deputy chairperson of the Tribunal; validation day means the day on which the Validation Act 2021 commences.

If a person was a legal practitioner who was, before 22 June 2021, purportedly appointed to a relevant office for a period, then, despite any other provision of this Act – the person is to be taken to have been, and to always have been, validly appointed to the relevant office for the period – beginning on and from the day on which the person was purportedly appointed to the office; and ending on the day on which, if the person had been validly appointed to the relevant office, the person would have ceased to hold the office; and the purported performance or purported exercise, by the person, during the period, of a function or power of a holder of the relevant office is not to be taken to be, or to ever have been, invalid by reason only that the person was not, but for this section, validly appointed to the relevant office for the period; and the Tribunal is not to be taken to be, or to ever have been, invalidly constituted by reason only that, before the validation day, the person was not, but for this section, validly appointed to the relevant office for the period.