(1) The Minister must appoint the following board members:
(a) a chair;
(b) at least 1 deputy chair and not more than 2 deputy chairs;
(c) not more than 8 other members.
Note 1 For the making of appointments (including acting appointments), see the Legislation Act, pt 19.3.
Note 2 Certain Ministerial appointments require consultation with an Assembly committee and are disallowable (see Legislation Act, div 19.3.3).
(2) The Minister may appoint a person to be chair or deputy chair only if the person is judicially qualified.
(3) The members mentioned in subsection (1) (a) and (b) are the judicial members of the board, and the members mentioned in subsection (1) (c) are the non-judicial members of the board.
(4) The Supreme Court Act 1933 , section 16 (Holding other judicial offices) does not apply to the appointment of a judge as a judicial member.
(5) The Magistrates Court Act 1930 , section 7G (Magistrates not to do other work) does not apply to the appointment of a magistrate as a judicial member.
(6) The appointment of a person who is a judge or magistrate as a judicial member does not affect the person's office of judge or magistrate.
(7) A person who is a judge or magistrate may exercise the powers of his or her office as judge or magistrate even though the person is a judicial member.
(8) For this section, each of the following are judicially qualified :
(a) a judge or retired judge;
(b) a magistrate or retired magistrate;
(c) a person qualified to be appointed as a judge.