14.—(1) Any person while he holds office as an alternate Chairman or alternate member in place of any Chairman or member of a Personnel Board shall be entitled to —
(a)
notice of meetings of the Personnel Board; and
(b)
attend and take part in the deliberations and decisions of the Personnel Board and exercise all the powers of the principal for whom he is appointed an alternate Chairman or alternate member during the absence from Singapore or from duty of the principal or the principal’s inability (because of his disclosure of an interest in accordance with paragraph 12, or otherwise) to act as the Chairman or a member, as the case may be.
(2) Notwithstanding sub-paragraph (1), an alternate Chairman or alternate member shall be entitled to attend any meeting of a Personnel Board and to take part in the deliberations thereat even though his principal also attends the meeting but the alternate Chairman or alternate member shall not have the right to participate in the decisions of the Personnel Board with respect to any matter arising at that meeting.