Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) The CEO's functions are:
(a) to manage the administration and operation of the National Sports Tribunal; and
(b) to assist the Tribunal in the performance of its functions; and
(c) such other functions as are conferred on the CEO under this Act, the rules or any other law of the Commonwealth; and
(d) to do anything incidental or conducive to the performance of any of the above functions.
(2) Without limiting subsection ( 1), the CEO must:
(a) allocate the member who is, or the members who are, to constitute the National Sports Tribunal for the purposes of dealing with a dispute before the Tribunal; and
(b) if 2 or more members are to constitute the Tribunal for the purposes of dealing with a dispute before the Tribunal--nominate a presiding member; and
(c) reconstitute the Tribunal for the purposes of dealing with a dispute before the Tribunal if a member covered by paragraph ( a) stops being a member or is for any reason unavailable; and
(d) promote the services of the Tribunal to athletes, support persons, sporting bodies and any other persons or bodies the CEO considers appropriate; and
(e) establish and maintain a panel of legal practitioners who are willing to provide free legal assistance to the parties or participants in relation to a dispute before the Tribunal.
(3) In performing the functions referred to in paragraphs ( 2)(a) to (c), the CEO must comply with the principles determined in an instrument under subsection ( 4).
(4) The CEO must, by notifiable instrument, determine principles for the purposes of subsection ( 3).