Medicines Act 1981

Application and administration of Act - Administration

11: Deputies of members

You could also call this:

"Having a deputy to replace a committee member who can't do their job"

You can have a deputy if you are a member of the Medicines Review Committee and cannot do your job. The Minister decides if you need a deputy and chooses who it will be. The deputy must be eligible to be a member of the Committee. You can only appoint a deputy if they could be a member under the same rules as the person they are replacing, as stated in section 10. The deputy acts as a member of the Committee while they are standing in. If the deputy is acting for the chairman, they have all the chairman's powers. The deputy's appointment and any decisions they make cannot be questioned later. This is even if the reason for their appointment has ended or was not valid.

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10: Medicines Review Committee established, or

"A committee to review medicines is set up to help keep you safe."

12: Committee may appoint subcommittees, or

"The Committee can create smaller groups to help make decisions."

Part 1Application and administration of Act
Administration

11Deputies of members

In any case where the Minister is satisfied that any member of the Medicines Review Committee is incapacitated by illness or absence or other sufficient cause from performing the duties of his office, the Minister may appoint a deputy to act for that member during his incapacity.
No person shall be appointed a deputy under subsection (1) unless he is eligible for membership of the Committee under the same provision of section 10 as the member in whose place he is to act.
Every deputy appointed under this section shall, while he acts as such, be deemed to be a member of the Committee, and any deputy acting for the chairman shall have all the powers of the chairman.
No appointment of a deputy and no acts done by him as such, and no acts done by the Committee while any deputy is acting as such, shall be questioned in any proceedings on the ground that the occasion for his appointment had not arisen or had ceased.

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1979 No 27 s 14