(1)  The Governor may appoint a person to be a deputy of any member of the Board.

(2)  A person who is appointed to be the deputy of the Chairman of the Board shall be an Australian lawyer who has practised as an Australian legal practitioner for not less than 5 years.

(3)  A person who is appointed to be the deputy of a member of the Board referred to in section 4 (2) (b) or (c) shall be selected from a panel of 3 persons nominated by the body which nominated that member.

(4)  If, after being requested to do so by the Minister, the Tasmanian State Council of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia or the Tasmanian Division of the Australian Society of Accountants fails to nominate a panel of persons in accordance with subsection (3) within such period as may be specified in the request, the Minister may make the nomination in its place.

(5)  In the absence of a member of the Board, or if the office of a member of the Board is vacant, the deputy for that member is entitled to attend the proceedings of the Board in the place of that member, and, while so attending, shall be deemed to be a member of the Board.