(1) The following jurisdictional areas of the Tribunal are established:
(a) General;
(b) Intelligence and Security;
(c) Migration;
(d) National Disability Insurance Scheme;
(e) Protection;
(f) Social Security;
(g) Taxation and Business;
(h) Veterans' and Workers' Compensation.
(2) The President:
(a) may establish one or more lists as subareas within a jurisdictional area; and
(b) may abolish any such list.
(3) Before establishing or abolishing a list, the President must consult the Tribunal Advisory Committee.
(4) The Tribunal's powers in relation to a proceeding are to be exercised in the jurisdictional area or list that the President directs.
(5) If a direction is made in writing, the direction is not a legislative instrument.