20Appointment of Reinstatement Committees

##### 20 Appointment of Reinstatement Committees (1) The Minister may appoint a Reinstatement Committee in each State and Territory. (2) Each Reinstatement Committee shall consist of a chairman, one member to represent persons who have rendered war service, one member to represent employers and one member to represent employees. (3) In the event of the illness or absence of the chairman of a Reinstatement Committee, any person appointed by the Minister to be a deputy chairman of the Committee shall have, and may exercise, all the powers and functions of the chairman. (4) Any acts done by a deputy chairman as such shall not, in any proceedings, be questioned on the ground that the occasion for the exercise of his powers had not arisen or had ceased. (5) All questions before a Reinstatement Committee shall be decided by a majority of votes. (6) The chairman shall have a deliberative vote and, in the event of an equality of votes, shall also have a casting vote. (7) Panels of persons to represent persons who have rendered war service, to represent employers, and to represent employees, respectively, shall be selected in such manner as the Minister determines, and the members of a Reinstatement Committee, other than the chairman, shall be selected from the panels in such manner as the Minister determines. (8) A person shall not, at any meeting, act as a member of a Reinstatement Committee in relation to any matter in which that person has a direct interest as the applicant for reinstatement in employment or the employee, or as the employer or former employer, or as a member of the firm or company which is the employer or former employer. (9) The regulations may prescribe the manner in which applications may be made to, or disputes may be referred to, Reinstatement Committees and the procedure in relation to the hearing of such applications or disputes. (10) The members of Reinstatement Committees shall be paid remuneration and allowances at such rates (if any) as the Minister determines.