Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

DEFENCE FORCE DISCIPLINE APPEALS ACT 1955 - SECT 8

  (1)   A person is not qualified to be appointed as President or Deputy President unless the person is a Justice or Judge of a federal court or of the Supreme Court of a State or Territory.

  (2)   Subject to the last preceding subsection, a person is not qualified to be appointed as a member unless:

  (a)   the person is qualified to be appointed as President of the Tribunal; or

  (b)   the person is a Judge of a District Court of a State or of a County Court of a State.

  (3)   The President or the Deputy President ceases to hold office if he or she no longer holds office as a Justice or Judge of a federal court or of a Supreme Court of a State or Territory.

  (4)   Subject to the last preceding subsection, a member of the Tribunal ceases to hold office if he or she no longer holds office as:

  (a)   a Justice or Judge of a federal court or of a Supreme Court of a State or Territory; or

  (b)   a Judge of a District Court of a State or of a County Court of a State.