sec.279Deputy committee member

### sec.279 Deputy committee member The chairperson of the commission may appoint as the chairperson’s deputy for a reference committee meeting another commissioner or the senior executive officer (corruption) ( deputy committee member ). The commissioner of police may appoint as the commissioner’s deputy for a reference committee meeting an officer holding rank at least equal to assistant commissioner (also a deputy committee member ). The principal commissioner under the Family and Child Commission Act 2014 may appoint as the commissioner’s deputy for a reference committee meeting an appropriately qualified person nominated by the commissioner (also a deputy committee member ). The chief executive officer of the Australian Crime Commission may appoint as the chief executive officer’s deputy for a reference committee meeting an appropriately qualified person nominated by the chief executive officer (also a deputy committee member ). A person appointed as a deputy committee member for a reference committee meeting under this section is, for the purposes of the meeting, taken to be the committee member for whom the person is deputy. s 279 amd 2003 No. 83 s 68 sch 1 ; 2007 No. 37 s 162 sch ; 2014 No. 21 s 64 ; 2014 No. 27 s 52 sch 1 pt 2 ; 2016 No. 19 s 45 (1) – (2) (sec.279-ssec.1) The chairperson of the commission may appoint as the chairperson’s deputy for a reference committee meeting another commissioner or the senior executive officer (corruption) ( deputy committee member ). (sec.279-ssec.2) The commissioner of police may appoint as the commissioner’s deputy for a reference committee meeting an officer holding rank at least equal to assistant commissioner (also a deputy committee member ). (sec.279-ssec.3) The principal commissioner under the Family and Child Commission Act 2014 may appoint as the commissioner’s deputy for a reference committee meeting an appropriately qualified person nominated by the commissioner (also a deputy committee member ). (sec.279-ssec.4) The chief executive officer of the Australian Crime Commission may appoint as the chief executive officer’s deputy for a reference committee meeting an appropriately qualified person nominated by the chief executive officer (also a deputy committee member ). (sec.279-ssec.5) A person appointed as a deputy committee member for a reference committee meeting under this section is, for the purposes of the meeting, taken to be the committee member for whom the person is deputy.