Western Australian Current Acts

STATE ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL ACT 2004 - SECT 140

140 .         Supplementary Deputy Presidents, appointment of etc.

        (1)         Even though there is no vacancy in an office of Deputy President and each holder of an office of Deputy President is performing duties of the office, the Minister, on the request of the President, may temporarily appoint a person as a supplementary Deputy President to act as a Deputy President in relation to a particular matter or matters or for a specified period.

        (2)         A person cannot be appointed as a supplementary Deputy President unless the person is a judge, acting judge, auxiliary judge or retired judge of the District Court and, except in the case of a retired judge, can only be appointed with the consent of the Chief Judge of the District Court.

        (3)         The appointment is to be in writing.

        (4)         The person appointed may act as a Deputy 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 a Deputy President for the purposes of this Act and enabling Acts.

        (5)         Section 135(1) to (5) apply with any necessary modifications to an appointment under this section.