Western Australian Consolidated Acts

LAW REFORM COMMISSION ACT 1972 - SECT 4

4 .         Constitution of Commission

        (1)         There shall be a Commission to be known as the Law Reform Commission of Western Australia which, except as provided in section 10, shall, subject to subsection (1a) of this section, consist of 5 members, appointed by the Governor.

        (1a)         Of the 5 members appointed under subsection (1) — 

            (a)         3 members shall be members who are part-time members; and

            (b)         2 members shall be members who are full-time members.

        (2)         So long as there are 3 members, no act or proceeding of the Commission or of any member shall be vitiated by reason only that, at the time when the act or proceeding was done, taken or commenced, there was a vacancy in the office of any member.

        [Section 4 amended by No. 91 of 1978 s. 4.]