Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

AUSTRALIA COUNCIL ACT 1975 - SECT 19E

             (1)  The Minister may appoint a person to act as General Manager:

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

                     (b)  during any period, or during all periods, when the General Manager is absent from duty or from Australia or is, for any other reason, unable to perform the duties of the office of General Manager;

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

             (2)  The Minister may:

                     (a)  determine the terms and conditions of appointment, including remuneration and allowances, of an acting General Manager; and

                     (b)  at any time terminate such an appointment.

             (3)  Where a person is acting as General Manager in accordance with paragraph (1)(b) and the office of General Manager becomes vacant while that person is so acting, that person may continue so to act until the Minister 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)  The appointment of an acting General Manager ceases to have effect if the person resigns the appointment by writing signed by the person and delivered to the Minister.

             (5)  At any time when a person is acting as General Manager in accordance with this section, the person has, and may exercise, all the powers and shall perform all the functions of the General Manager.

             (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 person's appointment had not arisen or that the appointment had ceased to have effect.