Western Australian Numbered Acts

WORKERS COMPENSATION AND INJURY MANAGEMENT ACT 2023 (NO. 21 OF 2023) - SECT 458

458 .         Alternate appointed members

        (1)         If an appointed member is unable to act because of illness, absence or other cause the Minister may appoint another person as an alternate appointed member to act temporarily in the appointed member’s place.

        (2)         Section 453(3) and (4) apply to the appointment of an alternate appointed member as if the appointment of the alternate appointed member were the appointment of the appointed member.

        (3)         While acting in accordance with the appointment, the alternate appointed member is taken to be, and to have any entitlement of, an appointed member.

        (4)         An act or omission of an alternate appointed member cannot be questioned on the ground that the occasion for the appointment or acting had not arisen or had ceased.