Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

AUSTRALIAN BUREAU OF STATISTICS ACT 1975 - SECT 15

             (1)  The Governor‑General may appoint a person to act in the office of Statistician during any period, or during all periods, when the person holding the office is absent from duty or from Australia or is, for any reason, unable to perform the duties of his or her office or during a vacancy in that office, but a person so appointed to act during a vacancy shall not continue so to act for more than 12 months.

             (2)  The Governor‑General may:

                     (a)  determine the terms and conditions of appointment of a person appointed under this section; and

                     (b)  at any time terminate such an appointment.

             (3)  Where a person is acting in the office of Statistician in pursuance of an appointment under this section otherwise than during a vacancy in that office and the office becomes vacant while that person is so acting, that person may continue to act in the office until the Governor‑General otherwise directs, the vacancy is filled or a period of 12 months from the date on which the vacancy occurred expires, whichever first happens.

             (4)  Sections 10 and 11 apply in relation to a person appointed under this section in like manner as they apply in relation to the Statistician.

             (5)  While a person is acting in the office of Statistician in pursuance of an appointment under this section, the person has all the functions, powers and duties of the Statistician under this Act or any other law.

             (6)  The validity of anything done by a person appointed under this section shall not be called in question on the ground that the occasion for the appointment had not arisen or that the appointment had ceased to have effect.