ACT 588
COMMUNICATIONS AND MULTIMEDIA ACT 1998

PART III - APPEAL TRIBUNAL



Section 17. Establishment of the Appeal Tribunal.


(1) The Minister may establish an Appeal Tribunal, which shall convene on an ad hoc basis, as the Minister considers necessary or expedient for good cause and in the interest of justice, or to assist in the performance of the Commission's functions, or in the public interest.

(2) The Minister shall appoint, by order to be published in the Gazette
to review a particular matter under a licence, this Act or its subsidiary legislation.(3) The Minister shall appoint a person who is currently a Judge of the High Court to be the Chairman of the Appeal Tribunal.

(4) The appointment of any member of the Appeal Tribunal may be renewed upon the expiry of his term as a member.

(5) No member of the Appeal Tribunal shall be appointed for a term exceeding three years.

(6) Notwithstanding subsection (5), a member of the Appeal Tribunal may be reappointed for a further term.






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