Version as at 1 July 2024 Human Rights Act 1993 Part 1 s 10 (a) the Chief Commissioner is a Commissioner acting as the Chief Commis‐ sioner under a designation under subsection (2); or (b) the Chief Commissioner is satisfied that any other Commissioner is incapacitated by illness, absence, or other sufficient cause from perform‐ ing the duties of his or her office; or (c) a Judge who is for the time being holding office as a Commissioner declines to participate in, or withdraws from participation in, the particu‐ lar function or activity of the Commission under section 20C(2); or (d) any other Commissioner considers it is not proper or desirable that he or she should participate in the function or activity of the Commission. (4) An alternate Commissioner designated under subsection (2) or subsection (3) must, while the alternate Commissioner acts as Chief Commissioner or as a Commissioner, be taken to be the Chief Commissioner or the Commissioner in whose place the alternate Commissioner acts. (5) No designation of an alternate Commissioner, and no act done by an alternate Commissioner, and no act done by the Commission while any alternate Com‐ missioner is acting, may in any proceedings be questioned on the ground that the occasion for the alternate Commissioner’s designation had not arisen or had ceased. Compare: 1977 No 49 s 7B; 1985 No 23 s 2 Section 9: substituted, on 1 January 2002, by section 5 of the Human Rights Amendment Act 2001 (2001 No 96). Functions of Commissioners [Repealed] Heading: repealed, on 1 January 2002, by section 5 of the Human Rights Amendment Act 2001 (2001 No 96). 10 Meetings of Commission (1) [Repealed] (2) [Repealed] (3) [Repealed] (4) [Repealed] (5) [Repealed] (6) [Repealed] (7) [Repealed] (8) [Repealed] Compare: 1977 No 49 s 10 19