Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) Even though there
is no vacancy in the office of President and the holder of that office is
performing duties of the office, the Minister, on the request of the
President, may temporarily appoint a person as a supplementary President to
act as the President in relation to a particular matter or matters or for a
specified period.
(2) A person cannot be
appointed as a supplementary President unless the person is a judge, acting
judge, auxiliary judge or retired judge of the Supreme Court and, except in
the case of a retired judge, can only be appointed with the consent of the
Chief Justice of Western Australia.
(3) The appointment is
to be in writing.
(4) The person
appointed may act as the President in relation to a matter, or for the period,
for which the person is appointed, and when acting under the appointment the
person is to be regarded as the President for the purposes of this Act and
enabling Acts.
(5) Subsection (4)
does not authorise the person appointed to perform functions of the kind set
out in section 11, 52(2), 54(2), 117(6) or 121, Division 1 Subdivision 5,
section 144(2), Part 7 or section 152, 167(12) or 172(2).
(6) Section 129(1) to
(5) apply with any necessary modifications to an appointment under this
section.