Section Sch8-5 — Social Security Act 2018: Deputies of members

5 Deputies of members (1) The Governor-General may, on the recommendation of the Minister given after consultation with the Minister of Justice, appoint some other person qualified for appointment to act in the place of a member (the chairperson or another member) who is (because of illness, absence, or any other cause) unable to perform the functions of the office. (2) Each person so appointed as deputy is, while the inability continues, taken for all purposes to be the chairperson or other member. (3) No appointment of a deputy, and no acts done by a deputy acting as chairperson or by the authority, while the deputy is acting as such, can in any proceedings be questioned on the ground that the occasion for the appointment had not arisen or had ceased. (4) The Governor-General may, on the recommendation of the Minister given after consultation with the Minister of Justice, appoint some other person qualified for appointment to be deputy chairperson, to act as chairperson from time to time as required. (5) Subclause (4) overrides subclauses (1) to (3). Compare: 1964 No 136 s 12E