Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

AUSTRALIAN INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION ACT 1970 - SECT 20

             (1)  Subject to subsection (2), the Minister may appoint a Director or another person to act as Chair:

                     (a)  during a vacancy in the office of Chair; or

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

             (2)  The Chief Executive must not be appointed to act as the Chair.

             (3)  Anything done by or in relation to a person purporting to act as Chair is not invalid merely because:

                     (a)  the occasion for the appointment had not arisen;

                     (b)  there was a defect or irregularity in relation to the appointment;

                     (c)  the appointment had ceased to have effect; or

                     (d)  the occasion to act had not arisen or had ceased.