Health Services Act 2016

In this section —

illness; and

absence; and

the operation of section 81(1).

If a member of a board other than the chairperson is unable for any cause to act as a member, the Minister may appoint another person as an alternate member to act temporarily in the member’s place.

If the deputy chairperson of a board is unable for any cause to act in the place of the chairperson at a meeting —

the members present may elect one of their number to act as chairperson; and

subsection (2) applies as if the member elected were absent from the meeting.

While acting in accordance with the appointment the alternate member is to be taken to be, and to have any entitlement of, a member.

An act or omission of an alternate member cannot be questioned on the ground that the occasion for the appointment or acting had not arisen or had ceased.