Judicial Council Act 2019
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Complaints Review Committee | ||
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55. (1) The Judicial Conduct Committee shall establish a committee to be known as the Complaints Review Committee to review, in accordance with section 56 , the admissibility of complaints, or parts of complaints, that have been determined by the Registrar to be inadmissible. | ||
(2) The Complaints Review Committee shall comprise 3 members appointed by the Judicial Conduct Committee, of whom 2 shall be ex officio members of the Judicial Conduct Committee or elected members of the Judicial Conduct Committee and one shall be a lay member of the Judicial Conduct Committee. | ||
(3) Every person appointed under subsection (2) to be a member of the Complaints Review Committee shall serve as a member of the Committee for a term, to be specified in writing at the time of his or her appointment, of not less than one year and not more than 2 years from the date of his or her appointment. | ||
(4) Subject to subsection (5), a member of the Complaints Review Committee whose term of membership expires with the passage of time shall be eligible for re-appointment to the Committee for a further term, to be specified in writing at the time of his or her re-appointment, of not less than one year and not more than 2 years from the date of his or her re-appointment. | ||
(5) A member of the Complaints Review Committee who has served 2 terms of membership shall not be eligible to serve a further term as a member of the Committee other than in accordance with subsection (6). | ||
(6) A member of the Complaints Review Committee who has served 2 terms of membership shall be eligible for re-appointment to the Committee after a period of 2 years has elapsed immediately following the expiration of his or her most recent term of membership of the Committee. | ||
(7) A member of the Complaints Review Committee may resign from his or her membership of the Committee by notice in writing given or sent to the chairperson of the Judicial Conduct Committee. | ||
(8) The Judicial Conduct Committee may appoint another ex officio member of the Judicial Conduct Committee, elected member of the Judicial Conduct Committee or lay member of the Judicial Conduct Committee, as may be appropriate, to fill a casual vacancy arising in the Complaints Review Committee under subsection (7) and subsection (3) shall apply in relation to the filling of any such vacancy. | ||
(9) Where a member of the Complaints Review Committee ceases to be a member of the Judicial Conduct Committee, he or she shall thereupon cease to be a member of the Complaints Review Committee. | ||
(10) Where a matter is required to be determined by the Complaints Review Committee, each member of the Committee shall have one vote and the matter shall be determined by a majority of the votes of the members of the Committee. | ||
(11) Subject to this Act, the Complaints Review Committee may regulate its own procedures, including procedures relating to the conduct of meetings of the Committee. |