Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) A member of the
advisory group under section 4G(3)(c) to (f) —
(a)
holds office for the period, not exceeding 5 years, specified in their
instrument of appointment (subject to any condition specified in that
instrument under which the appointment may be ended before that period expires
or under which the member may be suspended); and
(b) is
eligible for reappointment; and
(c)
unless, or except to the extent that, their instrument of appointment
specifies otherwise, is entitled to remuneration and allowances, and may be
reimbursed expenses, as determined by the Minister for Health on the
recommendation of the Public Sector Commissioner; and
(d)
otherwise holds office on the conditions specified in their instrument of
appointment.
(2) The Minister for
Health may do the following —
(a)
determine, as the Minister for Health considers appropriate, any matters
relating to the operation or procedure of the advisory group (including
(without limitation) its quorum and matters relating to voting);
(b)
without limiting paragraph (a), designate a member of the advisory group as
its chairperson.
(3) Subject to
subsection (2), the advisory group —
(a) may
determine its own procedure; and
(b)
without limiting paragraph (a), may perform its function through sub-groups of
its members; and
(c) may
perform its function despite any vacancy in its membership.
(4) Despite
subsections (2) and (3), a member of the advisory group under section 4G(3)(a)
or (b) is a non-voting member and cannot be the chairperson.
(5) If a member of the
advisory group under section 4G(3)(c) to (f) is unable or unavailable to act
because of suspension, illness, absence or other cause, the Minister for
Health may appoint another individual (subject to the requirements of the
relevant provision of section 4G(3)(c) to (f)) as an alternate member to act
temporarily in the member’s place.
(6) While acting in
accordance with the appointment, the alternate member is, and has any
entitlement of, a member of the advisory group under section 4G(3)(c) to (f).
(7) An act or omission
of an alternate member cannot be questioned on the ground that the occasion
for the appointment or acting had not arisen or had ceased.
(8) Subsection (9)
applies to an individual who is, or has been, a member of the advisory group.
(9) No civil liability
attaches to the individual for anything that the individual has done, or
omitted to do, in good faith —
(a) in
the performance, or purported performance, of the advisory group’s
function; or
(b)
otherwise as a member of the advisory group.
[Section 4H inserted: No. 22 of 2020 s. 9.]