Children’s Court Rule 2000

The Attorney General may, from time to time, appoint a person to be the deputy of the Chairperson of the Children’s Court Advisory Committee. The Attorney General may revoke any such appointment.

The person or body that nominated an appointed member may, from time to time, nominate a person to be the deputy of the member. The nomination must be in writing addressed to the Attorney General and delivered to the Attorney General’s official address. The person or body may revoke any such nomination of a deputy.

In the absence of a member of the Children’s Court Advisory Committee, the member’s deputy may, if available, act in the place of the member.

While acting in the place of a member, a deputy—

has all the functions of the member and is taken to be a member, and

in the case of an appointed member, is entitled to be paid any remuneration (including travelling and subsistence allowances) that the Attorney General may from time to time determine in respect of the person.

For the purposes of this clause, a vacancy in the office of a member is taken to be an absence of the member.

Clauses 38 (Term of office) and 41 (Vacancy in office of appointed member) apply to the deputy of a member in the same way as they apply to the member.