Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

AUSTRALIAN INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION ACT 1970 - SECT 20A

             (1)  The Minister may appoint a person to act as an ordinary Director:

                     (a)  during a vacancy in an office of ordinary Director; or

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

             (2)  Anything done by or in relation to a person purporting to act as a Director under subsection (1) 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.