Land Administration Regulations 1998

If a member, other than the chairperson, is unable to act by reason of illness, absence or other cause, the Minister may appoint another person to act temporarily in his or her place and, while acting according to the tenor of his or her appointment, that other person is to be taken to be a member.

No act or omission of a person acting in place of a member under subregulation (1) is to be questioned on the ground that the occasion for his or her appointment or acting had not arisen or had ceased.