Commonwealth Numbered Acts

STATUTE LAW (MISCELLANEOUS AMENDMENTS) ACT (No. 2) 1982 No. 80, 1982 - SECT 20

20. Section 17 of the Principal Act is repealed and the following section is
substituted: Deputies of members

''17. (1) The Minister may, if requested by the Corporation so to do, appoint
a person recommended by the Corporation to be the deputy of a member other
than the Chairman or the member representing the Commonwealth.

''(2) The Minister may appoint a person to be the deputy of the member
representing the Commonwealth.

''(3) The Minister may, at any time, revoke the appointment of a person as the
deputy of a member and shall revoke such an appointment if the deputy fails,
without reasonable excuse, to comply with his obligations under section 22.

''(4) The deputy of a member may resign his office by writing signed by him
and delivered to the Minister.

''(5) The deputy of a member is entitled, in the event of the absence of the
member from a meeting of the Corporation, to attend that meeting and, when so
attending, shall be deemed to be a member of the Corporation.

''(6) The appointment of a person as the deputy of a member is not
invalidated, and shall not be called into question, by reason of a defect or
irregularity in or in connection with his appointment.''.