Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

NATIVE TITLE ACT 1993 - SECT 123

President may give directions

  (1)   Subject to section   124, the President may give directions as to any of the following:

  (a)   the arrangement of the business of the Tribunal;

  (b)   the persons who are to:

  (i)   conduct mediation in a particular proceeding; or

  (ii)   provide any assistance under this Act; or

  (iii)   conduct a review under this Act;

  (c)   the persons who are to constitute the Tribunal for the purposes of a particular inquiry;

  (ca)   the persons who may appear on behalf of the Tribunal under section   86BA;

  (cb)   the person who is to constitute the Tribunal for the purposes of reconsidering a decision of the Registrar not to accept a claim;

  (d)   the places at which the Tribunal is to sit;

  (e)   the procedure of the Tribunal generally;

  (f)   the procedure of the Tribunal at a particular place.

Factors to be considered

  (2)   In giving a direction as to the persons who are to constitute the Tribunal for the purposes of a particular inquiry, the President must have regard to the degree of public importance or complexity of the matters to which that inquiry relates.