Section 15QA:
Qualifications, terms and conditions of service of Presiding Officer and Member.
1[15QA.Qualifications, terms and conditions of service of Presiding Officer and
Member.--Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, the qualifications, appointment, term of
office, salaries and allowances, resignation, removal and the other terms and conditions of service of the
Presiding Officer and other Members of the Appellate Tribunal appointed after the commencement of
2[the Tribunals Reforms Act, 2021, shall be governed by the provisions of Chapter II of the said Act]:
Provided that the Presiding Officer and Member appointed before the commencement of Part XIV of
Chapter VI of the Finance Act, 2017, shall continue to be governed by the provisions of this Act and the
rules made thereunder as if the provisions of section 184 of the Finance Act, 2017 had not come into
force.]
Notes:
1. Ins. by Act 7 of 2017, s.178 (w.e.f. 26-5-2017).
2. Subs. by Act 33 of 2021, s. 17, for “Part XIV of Chapter VI of the Finance Act, 2017, shall be governed by the provisions of section 184 of that Act” (w.e.f. 4-4-2021).