Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00117:section:4
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00117
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 4
Character Range: 219320–220740

4  Alternate members of the Committee
 (1) The Chair of the Authority may appoint a person who is not a member of the Committee to be the alternate of a particular nominated member.
 (2) If a nominated member is absent from a meeting of the Committee, the member's alternate (if any) is entitled to attend the meeting and, when so attending, is taken to be a member of the Committee.
 (3) If a person ceases to hold office as a nominated member:
 (a) the person (if any) who was the person's alternate immediately before he or she ceased to hold office is entitled to attend meetings of the Committee while the office is vacant and, when so attending, is taken to be a member of the Committee; and
 (b) the person is taken to be the alternate of a person appointed to the vacant office until a new appointment of an alternate is made.
 (4) A person may only be appointed as a nominated member's alternate if the person has been nominated in writing by the organisation by which the member was nominated for appointment.
 (5) A person appointed as a member's alternate remains the member's alternate until the organisation that nominated the person gives the Chair of the Authority a written nomination of a different person for appointment as the member's alternate.
 (6) A person may resign an appointment as alternate of a member of a Committee by giving a signed notice of resignation to the Chair of the Authority.