34Alternate members

#### 34 Alternate members (1) The chairperson may appoint a person who is not a member of the panel to be the alternate chairperson of the Panel. (2) A body mentioned in paragraph 31(b), (c), (d) or (e) may appoint up to 2 persons who are not members of the Panel to be available to be the alternate of a member nominated by that body. (3) If a member (including the chairperson) is absent from a meeting of the Panel, the member’s alternate (if any) is entitled to attend the meeting and, when so attending, is taken to be a member of the Panel. (4) If a person appointed by a body mentioned in paragraph 31(b), (c), (d) or (e) ceases to hold office as a member: (a) the person who was the person’s alternate under subregulation (3) immediately before the person ceased to hold office; or (b) in the absence of an alternate under paragraph (a), a person who was, under subregulation (2), available to be the alternate of the person who ceased to hold office; is entitled to attend meetings of the Panel while the office is vacant and, when so attending, is taken to be a member of the Panel. (5) The person described in paragraph (4)(a) or (b) is taken to be the alternate of a person nominated to the vacant office until a new alternate is appointed.