Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AUSTRALIA ACT 1980 - SECT 15

             (1)  A part‑time member may, with the approval of the Minister, appoint a person, other than a member, to be his or her deputy.

             (2)  A part‑time member may revoke the appointment of a person as his or her deputy, but the revocation is not effective until the member has given notice of it, in writing, to the Minister.

             (3)  A deputy part‑time member may resign his or her office by writing signed by him or her and delivered to the Minister.

             (4)  A deputy part‑time member is entitled, in the event of the absence of the member of whom he or she is the deputy from a meeting of the Council, to attend that meeting and, when so attending, shall be deemed to be a member.

             (5)  The appointment of a person as a deputy part‑time member is not invalidated, and shall not be called in question, by reason of a defect or irregularity in or in connection with his or her appointment.