Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

NORFOLK ISLAND ACT 1979 - SECT 9

             (1)  There shall be a Deputy Administrator of the Territory, who shall be appointed by the Governor‑General by Commission and shall hold office during the pleasure of the Governor‑General.

             (2)  Where:

                     (a)  there is a vacancy in the office of Administrator or the Administrator is absent from duty or from the Territory or is unable for any reason to perform his or her duties; and

                     (b)  either:

                              (i)  an Acting Administrator has not entered on his or her duties; or

                             (ii)  an Acting Administrator has entered on his or her duties but is absent from duty or from the Territory or is unable for any reason to perform those duties;

the Deputy Administrator has and may exercise and perform all the powers and functions of the Administrator.

             (3)  The exercise of the powers and the performance of the functions of the Administrator, by virtue of this section, by the Deputy Administrator 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.