Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

NORFOLK ISLAND ACT 1979 - SECT 8

             (1)  The Governor‑General may, by Commission, appoint a person to act in the office of Administrator, and to administer the government of the Territory:

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

                     (b)  during any period, or during all periods, when the Administrator:

                              (i)  is absent from duty, or from the Territory; or

                             (ii)  is, for any reason, unable to perform the duties of the office.

          (1A)  While a person so appointed is administering the government of the Territory, he or she has all the powers and functions of the Administrator.

             (2)  The exercise of the powers and the performance of the functions of the Administrator, by virtue of this section, by a person during the absence of the Administrator from duty or from the Territory does not affect the exercise of any power or the performance of any function by the Administrator.