87CAppointment of temporary acting Review Authority or Deputy Review Authority

1. If the Review Authority or a Deputy Review Authority becomes incapable of acting by reason of illness, absence, or other sufficient cause, or if the Review Authority or a Deputy Review Authority considers it is not proper or not desirable that he or she should adjudicate on a specified matter, the Minister may appoint a suitable person as the acting Review Authority or an acting Deputy Review Authority for the period or purpose stated in the appointment.

2. No person may be appointed as the acting Review Authority or an acting Deputy Review Authority unless he or she is eligible for appointment to the relevant position.

3. The acting Review Authority or an acting Deputy Review Authority is, while acting in the position, to be treated as the Review Authority or a Deputy Review Authority.

4. No appointment of an acting Review Authority or acting Deputy Review Authority and no act done by an acting Review Authority or acting Deputy Review Authority may be questioned in any proceedings on the ground that the occasion for the appointment had not arisen or had ceased.