Voluntary Assisted Dying Act 2019

If a member other than the chairperson is unable 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 the deputy chairperson is acting in the chairperson’s place, the Minister may appoint another person as an alternate member to act temporarily in the deputy chairperson’s place.

While acting in accordance with their appointment an alternate member is 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.