Conditions applying to appointment of acting presiding officer

1 The power conferred on the Chairperson by clause 5AD may be exercised only if, in the opinion of the Chairperson, the Tribunal can, with an acting presiding officer, properly continue to exercise its functions to inquire into the particular claim or other matter. 2 A person appointed to be an acting presiding officer under clause 5AD has, while that person is the acting presiding officer, the powers of a presiding officer under this Act. Schedule 2 clause 5AE : inserted , on 10 April 2003 , by section 4 of the Treaty of Waitangi Amendment Act 2003 (2003 No 13).