Western Australian Numbered Acts Western Australian Numbered Acts (1) The deputy
presiding member is to perform the functions of the presiding member when the
presiding member is unable to do so by reason of illness, absence or other
cause, or when the office of presiding member is vacant.
(2) No act or omission
of the deputy presiding member acting as presiding member is to be questioned
on the ground that the occasion for his or her so acting had not arisen or had
ceased.