Cap. 490 Art. 8Constitution of the Administrative Review Tribunal.

(1) The Administrative Review Tribunal shall consist of a Chairperson who shall preside over the Tribunal.

(2) The President of Malta, acting on the advice of the Prime Minister, may appoint more than one Chairperson to sit on the Administrative Review Tribunal, but only one Chairperson shall sit in any one case.

(3) A Chairperson who is an ex-Judge or an ex-Magistrate shall be appointed for a term of four years and shall vacate his or her office at the expiration of the term of the said appointment.

(4) A Chairperson shall be a person who holds, or has held, the office of a judge or of a magistrate in Malta.

(5) During the tenure of office, a Chairperson may not be removed except in the same manner and on the same grounds as a magistrate may be removed.

(6) In the exercise of his or her function, a Chairperson shall not be subject to the direction or control of any other person or authority.

(7) Upon his or her appointment, a Chairperson shall take an oath to examine and decide the cases brought before him or her with impartiality, fairness and according to law. The oath shall be taken before the Court of Appeal.

(8) The warrants or orders of the Administrative Review Tribunal shall be signed by the Chairperson.

(9) The oath to the witnesses shall be administered by the Chairperson or by the Secretary of the Administrative Review Tribunal or such other person as the Chairperson may by order in writing appoint.

(10) A Chairperson shall receive such remuneration as the President of Malta, acting on the advice of the Prime Minister, may by order to be published in the Gazette from time to time prescribe. Such remuneration may not be altered to the disadvantage of a Chairperson during his or her period of office.