Land Information Authority Act 2006

If an appointed member of the Authority’s board of management other than the chairman is unable to act because of sickness, absence or other cause, the Minister may appoint another person as an alternate member to act temporarily in the member’s place.

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

Section 22(4) and (5) apply to the appointment of an alternate member as if a reference in each of those provisions to a member included a reference to an alternate member.

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.