National Native Title Tribunal Part 6
Organisation of the Tribunal Division 3
Section 126
Where unavailable member constituted Tribunal
(2) If the unavailable member constitutes the Tribunal, the President
must direct another member or members to constitute the Tribunal
for the purposes of finishing the inquiry.
Other cases
(3) If the unavailable member is one of the members who constitute
the Tribunal, the President must either:
(a) direct that the Tribunal is to be constituted for the purposes
of finishing the inquiry by the remaining member or
members; or
(b) direct that the Tribunal is to be constituted for that purpose
by the remaining member or members together with another
member or members.
Member who is reappointed
(4) For the purposes of subsections (2) and (3), a member who stops
being a member and at a later time becomes a member again is
taken, from that later time, to be another member.
Tribunal may have regard to previous proceedings
(5) The Tribunal as constituted in accordance with a direction under
subsection (2) or (3) must continue and finish the inquiry and may,
for that purpose, have regard to any record of the proceedings of
the inquiry made by the Tribunal as previously constituted.
126 Member presiding
The President must give a direction as to the member who is to be
the presiding member for a particular inquiry.
127 Places of sitting
Sittings of the Tribunal are to be held from time to time as required
at the places at which the registries of the Tribunal are established,
Compilation No. 47
Native Title Act 1993
315
Compilation date: 25/09/2021
Registered: 22/10/2021
Authorised Version C2021C00450 registered 22/10/2021
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