Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts

DRUGS OF DEPENDENCE ACT 1989 - SECT 134

    (1)     The Minister may, in writing, appoint a person to act as the presiding member of a panel—

        (a)     during a vacancy in the office of presiding member, whether or not an appointment has previously been made to the office; or

        (b)     during any period, or during all periods, when the presiding member is absent from duty or from the ACT or is, for any other reason, unable to exercise the functions of the office;

but a person appointed to act during a vacancy shall not continue so to act for more than 12 months.

    (2)     The Minister may, in writing, appoint a person to act as a member—

        (a)     during a vacancy in the office of a member, whether or not an appointment has previously been made to the office; or

        (b)     during any period, or during all periods, when a member is absent from duty or from the ACT or is, for any other reason, unable to exercise the functions of the office;

but a person appointed to act during a vacancy shall not continue so to act for more than 12 months.

    (3)     The validity of anything done by a person purporting to act under this section shall not be called in question on the ground that the occasion for the appointment of the person had not arisen, that there is a defect or irregularity in or in connection with the appointment, that the appointment had ceased to have effect or that the occasion for the person to act had not arisen or had ceased.