The registry also manages the corporate and administrative functions of the Tribunal involving human, financial and technical resources. The Registry has a Registrar-Executive Officer and eight staff: a Deputy Registrar; Senior Compliance and Systems Analyst; Registry Operations Coordinator; Senior Registry Officer; three Registry Officers and an Administration Officer. The Registrar-Executive Officer has statutory functions under the Mental Health Act 2014 and is appointed under the Public Sector Management Act 1994.
The Tribunal is committed to an open, merit-based and transparent recruitment process for all tribunal appointments. This means that the recruitment process is open to anyone, and selection is based on assessment of the applicant’s merit against the selection criteria.