Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (NSW)
170EEffect of vacancy on Committee [NSW]
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170E Effect of vacancy on Committee [NSW]
170E Effect of vacancy on Committee [NSW]
(1) If one of the members (other than the Chairperson of the Committee) constituting a Committee for the purpose of conducting an inquiry under this Law vacates office for any reason before the inquiry is completed or a determination in respect of the inquiry is made, the inquiry may be continued and a determination made by the remaining members of the Committee.
(2) If more than one of the members vacate office, or the Chairperson of the Committee vacates office, for any reason before the Committee has completed an inquiry or made a determination in respect of an inquiry, the inquiry is terminated.
(3) When an inquiry is terminated, the Committee may be reconstituted in accordance with this Division for the purposes of conducting a new inquiry in respect of the matter concerned.
s 170E: Ins 2016 No 4, Sch 1 [25].