Commonwealth Numbered Acts

BROADCASTING AND TELEVISION AMENDMENT ACT (No. 2) 1976 No. 187 of 1976 - SECT 8

8. After section 25 of the Principal Act the following section is inserted in
Division 3 of Part II:- Member or associate member ceasing to be available.
''25A. (1) Where an inquiry has been commenced or completed by the Tribunal
constituted by 2 or more persons but, before the report in relation to the
inquiry has been made, one of the persons constituting the Tribunal for the
purposes of the inquiry has ceased to be a member or has become unable to
perform his functions as a member, the Tribunal as constituted by the
remaining member or members and, if the Chairman of the Tribunal so directs,
another member may complete the inquiry and report, or the report, as the case
may be, and for that purpose may have regard to any record of the inquiry held
by the Tribunal as previously constituted.

''(2) For the purposes of sub-section (1), 'member' includes an associate
member or a person acting as a member or associate member.

''(3) Sub-section (1) does not authorize the Tribunal to complete an inquiry
and report, or a report, as the case may be, unless it consists of, or
includes, a person appointed under section 8 or 10.''.