Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

CRIMINOLOGY RESEARCH ACT 1971 - SECT 22

             (1)  The Attorney‑General may appoint a person to act as Director:

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

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

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

             (2)  An appointment of a person under subsection (1) may be expressed to have effect only in such circumstances as are specified in the instrument of appointment.

             (3)  The Attorney‑General may:

                     (a)  determine the terms and conditions of appointment, including remuneration and allowances, of a person acting as Director; and

                     (b)  terminate such an appointment at any time.

             (4)  Where a person is acting as Director in accordance with paragraph (1)(b) and the office of Director becomes vacant while that person is so acting, then, subject to subsection (2), that person may continue so to act until the Attorney‑General otherwise directs, the vacancy is filled or a period of 12 months from the date on which the vacancy occurred expires, whichever first happens.

             (5)  The appointment of a person to act as Director ceases to have effect if the person resigns the appointment by writing signed by the person and delivered to the Attorney‑General.

             (6)  While a person is acting as Director, the person may exercise all the powers, and shall perform all the functions, of the Director under this Act.

             (7)  The validity of anything done by or in relation to a person purporting to act under subsection (1) shall not be called in question on the ground that the occasion for the appointment had not arisen, that there is a defect or irregularity in or in connection with the appointment, that the appointment had ceased to have effect or that the occasion for the person to act had not arisen or had ceased.