32CDeputies for barrister and solicitor members

32C Deputies for barrister and solicitor members

32C Deputies for barrister and solicitor members

(1) The President may, from time to time, appoint to the Rule Committee—

(a) a barrister to be the deputy of the member appointed under section 32B (2) (c), and

(b) a solicitor to be the deputy of the member appointed under section 32B (2) (d),

and the President may revoke any such appointment.

(2) In the absence of a member appointed under section 32B (2) (c) or (d), the member’s deputy—

(a) may, if available, act in the place of the member, and

(b) while so acting, has the functions of the member and is taken to be the member.

ss 32B–32D: Ins 1995 No 21, Sch 4 (11). Am 1998 No 130, Sch 1 [2].