New South Wales Consolidated Acts

GOVERNMENT AND RELATED EMPLOYEES APPEAL TRIBUNAL ACT 1980 - SECT 33

33 Selection of persons to act in place of certain members

(1) Where a member of the Tribunal selected, in accordance with this Act, to be the employer’s representative or the employee’s representative at a sitting of the Tribunal for the purpose of hearing appeals:

(a) has neglected or refused to take and subscribe the oath referred to in clause 8 of Schedule 2, or

(b) is not present at the time, on the date and at the place appointed for the hearing of the appeals,

the Senior Chairperson or, where the sitting of the Tribunal is presided over by a Chairperson, the Chairperson, may, in accordance with subsection (2), select a person to act in place of the member.

(2) A person selected as referred to in subsection (1) shall be:

(a) where the member referred to in that subsection is an employer’s representative-any person, or

(b) where the member referred to in that subsection is an employee’s representative-any employee.

(3) A person selected as referred to in subsection (1) while acting in the place of a member shall have and may exercise the functions of the member.