Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) A voting member (other than the Chair) who is unable to attend a meeting may, in writing, request the Chair to agree to another specified person being the member's substitute at the meeting.
(2) If the Chair agrees, in writing, to the specified person being the member's substitute at the meeting, then, for the purpose of that meeting, the person is taken to be that member.
Note: This means, for example, that the substitute will need to disclose any interests in a matter being considered, or about to be considered, at the meeting: see section 29 of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 (which deals with the duty to disclose interests) and rules made for the purposes of that section.