108. If the chair is absent or unable to act or if the office of chair is vacant, the President of the National Assembly may, with the consent of the Prime Minister and the Leader of the Official Opposition in the Assembly and after consulting the other leaders of the parliamentary groups within the meaning of the Standing Orders of the National Assembly, designate a vice-chair of the Commission or, if there is no vice-chair or the vice-chairs are absent or unable to act, another member of the Commission to act in the place of the chair for the duration of the absence or inability to act or, if the office is vacant, for a period not exceeding 18 months.
If a vice-chair of the Commission is absent or unable to act or if the office of the vice-chair is vacant, the President of the National Assembly may, with the consent of the Prime Minister and the Leader of the Official Opposition in the Assembly and after consulting the other leaders of the parliamentary groups within the meaning of the Standing Orders of the National Assembly, designate another member of the Commission to act in the place of the vice-chair for the duration of the absence or inability to act or, if the office is vacant, for a period not exceeding 18 months.
1982, c. 30, s. 108; 1982, c. 62, s. 143; 1999, c. 40, s. 3; 2006, c. 22, s. 72; 2021, c. 252021, c. 25, s. 381.