South Australian Current Acts South Australian Current Acts (1) The
Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal is established.
(2) There will be 15
members of the Tribunal appointed by the Governor on the nomination of the
Chief Justice of whom—
(a)
10 must be legal practitioners; and
(b)
5 must be persons who are not legal practitioners but who are familiar
with the nature of the legal system and legal practice.
(3) A person is not
eligible for appointment as a member of the Tribunal under
subsection (2)(a) unless that person is a legal practitioner of at least
5 years standing (taking into account, for that purpose, periods of legal
practice and judicial service within and outside the State).
(4) One member of
the Tribunal who is a legal practitioner will be appointed, on the nomination
of the Chief Justice, to be the presiding member of the Tribunal, and another
member who is a legal practitioner will be appointed by the Governor, on the
nomination of the Chief Justice, to be the deputy of that member.
(5) The deputy may, in
the absence of the presiding member, exercise any powers conferred by this Act
on the presiding member.