(1) The Minister may from time to time appoint a person to be the deputy of any member of any Appeal Board.
(2) Any person appointed as deputy of a member appointed as the representative of the members of the forces shall be nominated in the same manner as that member, and the deputy of a member being a medical practitioner shall also be a medical practitioner.
(3) The deputy of any member shall have authority to act as a member of the Board in the event of the absence from any meeting of the Board of the member whose deputy he is, and shall in that event have all the powers of that member.
Compare: 1943 No 22 s 6
Section 10(1): amended, on 1 April 1989, by section 5(2)(b) of the War Pensions Amendment Act 1988 (1988 No 148).
Section 10(2): amended, on 18 September 2004, by section 175(1) of the Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003 (2003 No 48).
Section 10(3): amended, on 1 April 1989, by section 5(2)(c) of the War Pensions Amendment Act 1988 (1988 No 148).