(1) The Governor may
appoint a person as Appeals Convenor.
(2) The office of
Appeals Convenor is not an office in the Public Service and is not to be
included in the Senior Executive Service provided for by the
Public Sector Management Act 1994 .
(3) Schedule 7 has
effect with respect to the tenure, salary and conditions of service of the
Appeals Convenor.
(4) If —
(a) the
Appeals Convenor is unable to act by reason of illness, absence or other
cause; or
(b)
there is a vacancy in the office of Appeals Convenor,
the Minister may
appoint a person to act temporarily in the place of the Appeals Convenor, and
while so acting according to the tenor of the appointment that person has all
of the functions, powers and immunities of the Appeals Convenor.
(5) No act or omission
of a person acting in place of the Appeals Convenor under subsection (4) is to
be questioned on the ground that the occasion for the appointment or acting
had not arisen or had ceased.
[Section 107A inserted: No. 54 of 2003 s. 102.]