15   Application of Division

(1)  The provisions of this Division have effect if the chairperson of a commission or the sole commissioner is a qualified person, namely:

(a)  a Judge of the Supreme Court of the State or of any other State or Territory, a Judge of the Federal Court of Australia or a Justice of the High Court of Australia, or

(b)  a former Judge or Justice of any such court, or

(c)  a person qualified to be appointed as a Judge or Justice of any such court (but only if in the letters patent by which the commission is issued, or in other letters patent under the Public Seal, the Governor declares that this Division has effect in relation to the commission).

(2)  In this Division, commissioner means a chairperson or sole commissioner who is such a qualified person, and also includes a member of a commission who is such a qualified person and who has been authorised by the chairperson to exercise powers under this Division (but only if the chairperson is also such a qualified person).