Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) Sittings of the Tribunal shall be held at such times and places, which may include places outside Australia, as the President determines.
(2) The President shall preside at all sittings of the Tribunal at which he or she is present.
(3) At a sitting of the Tribunal at which the President is not present, the Deputy President, if present, shall preside.
(4) At a sitting of the Tribunal at which neither the President nor the Deputy President is present, a member appointed for that purpose by the President shall preside.
(5) A member who is not qualified to be appointed as President shall not be appointed under the last preceding subsection to preside at a sitting of the Tribunal other than a sitting held for the purposes of an appeal or matter in relation to which the President has given a direction under subsection (2) of the next succeeding section.
(6) The determination of a question before the Tribunal shall be according to the opinion of the majority of the members exercising the powers of the Tribunal in relation to that question.
(7) The Tribunal constituted by one or more members may sit and exercise the powers of the Tribunal notwithstanding that the Tribunal constituted by one or more other members is at the same time sitting and exercising those powers.