Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) If a member other
than the presiding member is unable to act, the Minister may appoint another
person as an alternate member to act temporarily in the member’s place.
(2) If the deputy
presiding member is unable to act in the presiding member’s place at a
meeting —
(a) the
members present may elect one of their number to act as presiding member; and
(b)
subsection (1) applies as if the member elected were absent from the meeting.
(3) While acting in
accordance with the appointment, the alternate member must be taken to be, and
to have any entitlement of, a member.
(4) 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.