Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY ACT 1991 - SECT 37

             (1)  The Council may appoint a person to act in an executive office:

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

                     (b)  during any period, or during all periods, when the holder of the executive office is absent from duty or from Australia, is acting in another executive office or is, for any reason, unable to perform the duties of the office;

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

             (2)  Anything done by or in relation to a person purporting to act pursuant to an appointment made under this section is not invalid merely because:

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

                     (b)  there was a defect or irregularity in connection with the appointment;

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

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