Acts and Regulations

W-14 - Workplace Health, Safety and Compensation Commission and Workers’ Compensation Appeals Tribunal Act

Section 20.6
Disposition versions

Full text
Vacancy or temporary absence
2014, c.49, s.15
20.6(1)A vacancy on the Appeals Tribunal does not impair the capacity of the Appeals Tribunal to act.
20.6(2)If a vacancy occurs on the Appeals Tribunal, the Lieutenant-Governor in Council may appoint a person to fill the vacancy for the balance of the term of the Chairperson or Vice-Chairperson replaced.
20.6(3)Before appointing a person to fill the vacancy under subsection (2), the Lieutenant-Governor in Council shall consider
(a) the skills and qualifications required by the Appeals Tribunal as a whole in order for it to carry out its functions, and
(b) the skills and qualification requirements for appointments to the Appeals Tribunal.
20.6(4)In making an appointment to fill the vacancy under subsection (2), the Lieutenant-Governor in Council shall
(a) use a merit-based and objective approach and ensure that the persons appointed have the necessary skills and qualifications to carry out their functions; those skills and qualifications include
(i) being a barrister and solicitor who is a member in good standing of the Law Society of New Brunswick, and
(ii) having experience or education in business, economics, finance, management, accounting, insurance or administrative law, and
(b) ensure that the Appeals Tribunal as a whole has the necessary skills and qualifications to carry out its functions.
20.6(5)In the case of the temporary absence, illness or incapacity to act of the Chairperson of the Appeals Tribunal, the Minister may appoint a Vice-Chairperson of the Appeals Tribunal as acting Chairperson for the period of the temporary absence, illness or incapacity.
2014, c.49, s.15