Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

AUSTRALIAN INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION ACT 1970 - SECT 20B

             (1)  The Board may appoint a person to act as Chief Executive:

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

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

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

             (2)  Anything done by or in relation to a person purporting to act as Chief Executive 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.