Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

AUSTRALIAN COMMUNICATIONS AND MEDIA AUTHORITY ACT 2005 - SECT 22

             (1)  The Deputy Chair is to act as the Chair:

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

                     (b)  during any period, or during all periods, when the Chair:

                              (i)  is absent from duty or from Australia; or

                             (ii)  is, for any reason, unable to perform the duties of the office.

             (2)  While the Deputy Chair is acting as the Chair:

                     (a)  the Deputy Chair has, and may exercise, all the Chair's powers, and must perform all the Chair's functions and duties; and

                     (b)  this Act, and all other Acts, apply to the Deputy Chair as if he or she were the Chair.

             (3)  Anything done by or in relation to the Deputy Chair when purporting to act under this section is not invalid merely because the occasion to act had not arisen or had ceased.