South Australian Consolidated Acts South Australian Consolidated Acts11L—District Court may sit with assessors
(1) In proceedings for
review by or on an appeal to the Administrative and Disciplinary Division of
the District Court under the applied provisions, the Court will, if a Judge of
the Court so determines, sit with assessors.
(2) For the purposes
of this section, if a Judge of the Court determines that the Court is to sit
with assessors—
(a) the
Minister must establish a panel of persons who may sit as assessors; and
(b) a
member of the panel will hold office on terms and conditions specified by the
Minister in the instrument of appointment (and a member of the panel whose
term of office expires is eligible for reappointment); and
(c)
subject to paragraph (d), if assessors are to sit with the District
Court, the Judge of the Court on the appeal will select 2 members of the
panel to sit with the Court in the proceedings; and
(d) a
member of the panel who has a personal or direct or indirect pecuniary
interest in a matter before the District Court is disqualified from
participating in proceedings relating to the matter; and
(e) if
an assessor dies or is for any reason unable to continue with any proceedings,
the District Court constituted of the judicial officer who is presiding at the
proceedings and the other assessor may, if the judicial officer so determines,
continue and complete the proceedings.