Administrative Appeals Tribunal Amendment Act 2005 (38 of 2005)
Schedule 1 Amendments
Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975
15 Subsections 7(1) and (1A)
Repeal the subsections, substitute:
President
(1) A person must not be appointed as the President unless he or she is a Judge of the Federal Court of Australia.
Deputy President
(1AA) A person must not be appointed as a Deputy President unless he or she is enrolled as a legal practitioner (however described) of:
(a) the High Court; or
(b) the Supreme Court of a State or Territory;
and has been so enrolled for at least 5 years.