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Films, Videos, and Publications Classification Act 1993

Bodies - Film and Literature Board of Review

97: Appointment of deputies

You could also call this:

"Who takes over important jobs when the boss is away"

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You can have a deputy to help with important jobs. If the President of the Film and Literature Board of Review is sick or away, the Deputy President takes over. The Deputy President has the same powers as the President when they take over. If the President and Deputy President are both unable to work, the Minister can choose another Board member to take over. This person has the same powers as the President, but only for that meeting or decision. The Minister can set conditions for this person's role. If another Board member is sick or away, the Minister can choose someone to take their place at a meeting. The Minister can set conditions for this person's role. You cannot question a decision made by someone acting as President or another Board member, even if they were not supposed to be in that role. This means their decisions are still valid, even if there is a problem with their appointment.

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97Appointment of deputies

  1. If the President of the Board is unable by reason of illness, absence from New Zealand, or other sufficient cause to attend any meeting of the Board or to adjudicate on any particular matter, the Deputy President shall act as the President and shall, while so acting, have all the powers of the President at that meeting or for the purposes of adjudicating on that matter.

  2. The fact that the Deputy President exercises any power, duty, or function of the President shall be conclusive evidence of the Deputy President's authority to do so.

  3. If both the President and the Deputy President of the Board are unable by reason of illness, absence from New Zealand, or other sufficient cause to attend any meeting of the Board or to adjudicate on any particular matter, the Minister may appoint any other member of the Board to act in the place of the President at that meeting or for the purposes of adjudicating on that matter, upon and subject to such terms and conditions (if any) as the Minister may specify.

  4. Any person appointed under subsection (3) shall, subject to any terms and conditions specified by the Minister, have all the powers of the President at that meeting or for the purposes of adjudicating on that matter.

  5. If any member of the Board (other than the President) is unable by reason of illness, absence from New Zealand, or other sufficient cause to attend any meeting of the Board, the Minister may appoint any person to act in the place of that member at that meeting, upon and subject to such terms and conditions (if any) as the Minister may specify.

  6. No appointment of any person under this section and no acts done by that person while acting as the President or any other member of the Board, and no act done by the Board while any person is acting as such, shall in any proceedings be questioned on the ground that the occasion of that person's appointment had not arisen or had ceased.

Compare
  • 1983 No 130 s 26
  • 1987 No 85 s 32