Western Australian Consolidated Regulations Western Australian Consolidated Regulations (1)
Where —
(a) a
member of the Board, other than the Chairman, is absent or temporarily
incapable of fulfilling the duties of a member; or
(b) the
office of such a member is vacant and is not filled in accordance with these
regulations,
the Minister may
appoint an eligible person to act in the place of that member during that
absence or incapacity, or until the vacancy is filled, as the case requires,
and any person so appointed has, while the appointment subsists, all the
powers, functions and duties of the member in whose place he or she is
appointed to act.
(2) Any reference in
these regulations to a member other than the Chairman shall be construed as
including a reference to a person appointed by the Minister to act in the
place of a member during any absence, temporary incapacity or casual vacancy.
(3) The Minister may
appoint an eligible person as deputy to act in the place of the Chairman and
any such appointment has effect for such period as is specified therein and
may be terminated at any time by the Minister.
(4) A person appointed
under subregulation (3) as deputy of the Chairman is, in the event of the
absence from a meeting of the Board of the Chairman, entitled to attend that
meeting and, when so attending, has all the functions, entitlements and
protection of the Chairman.