Heritage Regulations 2019

If a Council member other than the chairperson is unable or unavailable to act because of illness, absence or other cause, the Minister may appoint another person as an alternate member to act temporarily in the member’s place.

If a Council member is acting in place of the chairperson at a meeting, the Minister may appoint another person to act in place of the member as an alternate member.

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