Human Reproductive Technology Act 1991

The Governor shall, on the recommendation of the Minister, appoint a member as Chairperson to preside over the proceedings of the Council.

A person may be appointed under subclause (1) on terms that require the fulltime employment of that person in the performance of the duties of the office.

The Council shall from time to time appoint (for a term fixed by the Council) one of its members to preside as Deputy Chairperson in the absence or incapacity of the Chairperson, but if neither the Chairperson or the Deputy Chairperson is present the members of the Council who are present at a meeting, whether or not a person who is the deputy of the Chairperson or of the Deputy Chairperson is present, shall select a Deputy Chairperson to preside over those proceedings and the person so selected has, whilst so acting, the functions and entitlements of the Chairperson.

Where a member who is appointed or selected as a Deputy Chairperson is performing the functions of the Chairperson, the deputy of that member may act in the place of the member.

On the nomination of the body or person by which or whom the member is nominated, the Minister may appoint a deputy to any member, other than the Executive Officer, who shall, subject to clause 1(3), act in the place of the member on the Council when the person who is the member can not so act.

The Minister may appoint a deputy to the Executive Officer to act in the place of the Executive Officer when that person is unable to carry out any function required by this Act.

While a person is acting in the place of a member on the Council or a committee, under clause 1(4) or this clause, that person is deemed to be a member, and has all the functions and entitlements of that member.

The Minister may make such arrangements as the Minister considers appropriate for the receipt of nominations for the purposes of an appointment under subclause (1), and any such appointment may be made —

for a period; or

in relation to particular circumstances,

Where —

a member and the deputy of that member can not, or do not, act in that capacity; or

a member can not or does not so act and no deputy has been nominated,

The appointment of a person under this clause to act in the place of a member may be terminated at any time by the Minister.

No act or omission of a person acting under this clause in place of a member shall be questioned on the ground that the occasion for so acting had not arisen or had ceased.