5Alternate for monitor

5 Alternate for monitor

5 Alternate for monitor

(1) The Minister may designate a person as an alternate for the monitor in the same way as the Minister designates the monitor.

(2) The Minister must not designate a person as an alternate unless the person is a person who may be designated as the monitor.

(3) The Minister must not designate more than 3 alternates.

(4) If the monitor is unavailable to exercise the functions of the monitor in relation to an application, an alternate—

(a) may exercise the functions, and

(b) in exercising the functions, is taken to be the monitor.

(5) Without limiting subsection (4), the monitor is taken to be unavailable to exercise the functions of the monitor in relation to an application if the monitor has given written notice of the monitor’s unavailability to the Commissioner.