Any tribunal has two portions to it. One is the decision-makers, the people who actually hear the client's side of the story and render the decision itself. Then there's the whole administrative side of that. Any tribunal will have what's called the “registry” function. They receive the appeal. They pull the information together. They provide the client with any additional information. They provide the members with support—HR, finance support, training, quality reviews and reporting. All of that functionality takes place within the secretariat itself.
There are really two parts to the tribunal. There are the decision-makers who report to the executive head, and then in support of that is the secretariat, doing all of the administrative function to put the tribunal in a position where it can actually render those decisions that need to be made.