Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) The Governor in Council may appoint a person who is not a member to act as a member of the tribunal where a member is unable or unwilling to act and whilst so acting the person shall be deemed to be a member of the tribunal and may exercise the powers and authorities and shall perform the functions and duties of the member in whose place the person is acting.
(2) A person appointed to act in the place of a member--
(a) appointed pursuant to section 15B(1)(a) shall be a barrister, solicitor, stipendiary magistrate or a person who has been a stipendiary magistrate nominated for that purpose by the Minister;
(b) appointed pursuant to section 15B(1)(b) shall be a veterinary surgeon nominated for that purpose by the Minister;
(c) appointed pursuant to section 15B(1)(c) shall be a veterinary surgeon who is a member of the Queensland division of the Australian Veterinary Association Limited and is nominated by that division.
(3) If the Queensland division of the Australian Veterinary Association Limited fails or refuses to nominate a veterinary surgeon who is a member of that division to be an acting member of the tribunal within 7 days after a date fixed by the Minister in that behalf, the Minister may appoint any veterinary surgeon who is a member of that division as an acting member of the tribunal and where the Minister does so the veterinary surgeon so appointed shall be deemed to have been nominated by the Queensland division of the Australian Veterinary Association Limited.
(4) The appointment of a person as an acting member shall terminate--
(a) in the case of an appointment expressed to be for the purpose of any proceeding--upon that proceeding being decided by the tribunal; or
(b) in the case of an appointment expressed to be for a period--upon the expiration of that period; or
(c) upon its being revoked by the Governor in Council.