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COPYRIGHT ACT 1968 - SECT 140

Qualifications of members

  (1)   A person shall not be appointed as the President unless he or she is a Judge of the Federal Court of Australia.

  (1A)   A person is not to be appointed as a Deputy President unless he or she is, or has been, a Judge of a federal court or of the Supreme Court of a State or Territory.

  (2)   A person shall not be appointed as a member (other than the President or a Deputy President) unless:

  (a)   he or she is or has been a Judge;

  (b)   he or she is enrolled as a legal practitioner of the High Court, of another federal court or of the Supreme Court of a State or Territory and has been so enrolled for not less than 5 years;

  (c)   he or she has had experience, for not less than 5 years, at a high level in industry, commerce, business, public administration, education or the practice of a profession;

  (d)   he or she has obtained a degree of a university, or an educational qualification of a similar standing, after studies in the field of law, economics or public administration; or

  (e)   he or she has, in the opinion of the Governor - General, special knowledge or skill relevant to the duties of a member.


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