Cap. 17activeordinance

Lands Tribunal Ordinance

土地審裁處條例

Full legislation

s.6A

Appointment and powers of temporary members

(1)
The Chief Justice may appoint a person who is eligible under
section 4(3)
or (4) to be appointed as a member of the Tribunal under
section 4(1
)(
c)
to be a temporary member of the Tribunal for such period and on such terms as he may think fit.
(Replaced
10 of 2005 s. 139
)
(2)
Subject to the terms of appointment, a temporary member shall, during the period for which he is appointed, exercise all the jurisdiction and powers of the Tribunal, and exercise all the powers and perform all the duties of a member.
(Amended
18 of 2014 s. 44
)
(3)
Every appointment made in accordance with this section may be terminated by the Chief Justice at any time.
(4)
Where the hearing of any proceedings before a temporary member is adjourned or where judgment is reserved therein or decision is subject to review, the temporary member shall have power to resume the hearing and determine the proceedings or to deliver as the judgment of the Tribunal the judgment which he has reserved or to review the decision which he has given, notwithstanding that before the hearing is resumed or judgment is delivered or the review is disposed of, his appointment has expired or has been terminated.
(5)
For the purposes of subsection (4), the power of a temporary member to deliver judgment in a resumed hearing includes the power of awarding costs and the making of any order ancillary to or consequential upon the award of costs.