Civil Procedure Act 2005

An ex-officio member of the Uniform Rules Committee may nominate his or her own deputy.

Each person referred to in section 8 (1) who is authorised to nominate or appoint some other person as a member of the Uniform Rules Committee may nominate or appoint a deputy for that member.

In the absence of an ex-officio member or a member appointed or nominated under section 8 (1), the member’s deputy—

may, if available, act in the place of the member, and

subject to clause 6 (6)—while so acting, has the functions of the member and is taken to be the member.

In this clause, ex-officio member means the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, the President of the Court of Appeal, the Chief Judge of the Land and Environment Court, the President of the Industrial Relations Commission, the Chief Judge of the District Court or the Chief Judge of the Local Court, but does not include any of their nominees under section 8 (1).