AUSTRALIAN FEDERAL POLICE ACT 1979 - SECT 18 Acting Commissioner and Deputy Commissioner during vacancy
AUSTRALIAN FEDERAL POLICE ACT 1979 - SECT 18
Acting Commissioner and Deputy Commissioner during vacancy(1) At any time when the office of Commissioner or an office of Deputy Commissioner is or is expected to be vacant (whether or not the office has previously been filled), the Minister may appoint a person to act as Commissioner or as a Deputy Commissioner, as the case may be, until the filling of the vacancy.
Note: For rules that apply to acting appointments, see section 33A of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 .
(2) While a person is acting as Commissioner or as a Deputy
Commissioner under subsection (1), he or she has, and may exercise, all
the powers (except a power to make a declaration under subsection
40D(4)), and shall perform all the functions and duties, of the Commissioner
or of the Deputy Commissioner, as the case may be.