s 487 Reconstitution of Tribunal if member unable to continue
487.—(1) This section applies where any member of a Tribunal (called in this section the former member) is unable to continue taking part in a proceeding because of illness, absence or any other cause. (2) If the former member is the president, the Tribunal is to be reconstituted with a new president appointed by the Minister. (3) If the former member is a deputy president, the president is to reconstitute the Tribunal by —(a) sitting as the presiding member; or (b) designating another deputy president to sit as the presiding member. (4) If the former member is a member of the panel, the president is to reconstitute the Tribunal by selecting another member of the panel to sit on the Tribunal. (5) The Tribunal as reconstituted under subsection (2), (3) or (4) —(a) may continue to dispose of the proceeding, and for this purpose may consider everything that has been said or done earlier in the proceeding; but (b) if the proceeding is a case, the Tribunal must hear the case afresh if all the parties so request.