Section 54 of the Education Act 1972 (SA) confers a right of appeal based on a functional test — whether the appellant is affected in his or her capacity as an officer — rather than requiring officer status at any particular fixed point in time such as the date of the impugned decision or the date of the conduct complained of. The temporal question of when the appellant must be an officer is dictated by the functional question. This means that a former officer may have standing to appeal where the impugned decision relates to or affects matters arising during the period of their officership.
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