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Sports Tribunal Act 2006

Sports Tribunal of New Zealand - Continuation and membership of Tribunal

33: Eligibility for appointment as member of Tribunal

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"Who can be on the Sports Tribunal of New Zealand"

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To be a member of the Sports Tribunal of New Zealand, you must meet certain requirements. If you are not the chairperson, you need to be a barrister or solicitor with at least 7 years of practice in the High Court of New Zealand. You also need to have a lot of experience with legal issues in sport or be heavily involved in sport in some way.

If you do not have these legal qualifications, you can still be a member of the Tribunal. In this case, you need to have a lot of experience in sport, which can be in any role, over a period of at least 10 years.

You can have this experience all at once or over different periods of time, as long as it adds up to 10 years.

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Part 3Sports Tribunal of New Zealand
Continuation and membership of Tribunal

33Eligibility for appointment as member of Tribunal

  1. Other than the chairperson, at least 2 members of the Tribunal must—

  2. be barristers or solicitors of the High Court of New Zealand with not less than 7 years’ practice; and
    1. have substantial experience in legal issues affecting sport, or substantial involvement in sport in some capacity.

      1. Other than the chairperson and members who have the qualifications listed in subsection (1), a member of the Tribunal must have substantial experience in sport, in any capacity, over a minimum of a 10-year aggregate period.