Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) The chief executive may at any time establish a building and development tribunal.
(2) A tribunal may be established by the appointment of not more than 5 general referees as the members constituting the tribunal.
Editor's note--
Referees are appointed under division 7.
(3) In establishing a tribunal, the chief executive must have regard to the matter with which the tribunal must deal.
(4) However, if a tribunal is being established only to hear an appeal against a referral agency's response decision about the amenity and aesthetic impact of a building or structure, the tribunal may be established by the appointment of 3 aesthetic referees as the members constituting the tribunal.
(5) The aesthetic referees appointed under subsection (4) must be--
(a) 1 individual who is an architect (who is the chairperson of the tribunal); and
(b) 1 individual who is not a member of, nor employed by the local government whose decision is being appealed and whose appointment has been discussed with the Local Government Association of Queensland; and
(c) 1 individual whose appointment has been discussed with the Queensland Master Builders' Association and the Housing Industry Association.