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316 “secretary” means the secretary of the Tribunals appointed under section 481(a).

Agreements or awards not affected

478. This Part does not affect the operation of any agreement or of any award made by an arbitrator (whether the agreement or award is made before, on or after, the appointed day).

Establishment of Tribunals

479. There is to be one or more Copyright Tribunals for the purposes of this Act.

Appointment of president, deputy presidents and panel

480.—(1) The Minister is to appoint—
 * (a) a president of the Tribunals;
 * (b) not more than 2 deputy presidents of the Tribunals; and
 * (c) not more than 15 persons to be members of a panel.

(2) The president must be a person who is, or is qualified to be appointed as, a District Judge.

(3) A deputy president must be a person who has been for 5 or more years a qualified person as defined by section 2(1) of the Legal Profession Act.

(4) A person appointed under subsection (1)—
 * (a) is to hold office for a term specified by the Minister when making the appointment;
 * (b) may, if the appointment expires while he or she is hearing a case, continue to hear and decide the case (and is deemed to continue to hold the appointment for this purpose);
 * (c) may resign his or her office at any time by writing to the Minister; and
 * (d) is eligible for reappointment.