28AActing senior member

28A Acting senior member (1) If there is a vacancy in the office of a senior member or a senior member is absent or, for any other reason, is unable to perform the duties of office, the President may appoint an ordinary member of the Tribunal as an acting senior member. (2) The appointment of an acting senior member must not exceed 6 months. (3) A person appointed as an acting senior member— (a) has all the powers and may perform all the duties of the senior member for whom the acting senior member is acting; and (b) may resign the acting appointment by delivering to the President a signed letter of resignation; and (c) subject to subsection (4), is eligible for re‑appointment. (4) A person appointed as an acting senior member must not act as a senior member for a continuous period of more than 12 months, unless the Minister, in writing, approves a proposed re‑appointment which would result in a person acting as a senior member for a continuous period of more than 12 months. (5) The President may at any time terminate an acting appointment.