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Motor Vehicle Sales Act 2003

Enforcement - Motor Vehicle Disputes Tribunals - Adjudicators

84: Term of office of adjudicators

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"How long adjudicators keep their job"

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You are an adjudicator for a term of up to 5 years. You can be reappointed after your term ends. You will keep being an adjudicator until you are reappointed, someone else is appointed, or you are told you will not be reappointed. If your term ends, you can still act as an adjudicator to finish any cases you were already working on. You can also hear new cases during this time. If you resign or someone else is appointed to take your place, you can still finish any cases you were working on. This is so you can complete the work you started.

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Part 4Enforcement
Motor Vehicle Disputes Tribunals: Adjudicators

84Term of office of adjudicators

  1. Except as provided in section 85, every adjudicator—

  2. must hold office for a term not exceeding 5 years; and
    1. may be reappointed.

      1. Unless an adjudicator sooner vacates office under section 85, every adjudicator whose term of office has expired must continue to hold office until—

      2. he or she is reappointed; or
        1. a successor is appointed; or
          1. he or she is informed in writing by the Minister that he or she is not to be reappointed.

            1. An adjudicator who continues in office for any period under subsection (2) may act as an adjudicator during that period for the purpose of—

            2. completing any proceedings partly or wholly heard by the Disputes Tribunal on which he or she sat before the expiry of his or her term of office:
              1. hearing any other proceedings.

                1. An adjudicator who has resigned, or whose successor is appointed or who will not be replaced (unless he or she was removed from office), may continue in office for the purpose of completing any proceedings that are partly or wholly heard.

                Notes
                • Section 84(1)(b): replaced, on , by section 164(1) of the Tribunals Powers and Procedures Legislation Act 2018 (2018 No 51).
                • Section 84(3): inserted, on , by section 164(2) of the Tribunals Powers and Procedures Legislation Act 2018 (2018 No 51).
                • Section 84(4): inserted, on , by section 164(2) of the Tribunals Powers and Procedures Legislation Act 2018 (2018 No 51).