Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

REMUNERATION TRIBUNAL ACT 1973 - SECT 4A

             (1)  The Minister may appoint a member to act as President:

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

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

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 Minister may:

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

                     (b)  terminate such an appointment at any time.

             (4)  Where a person is acting as President in accordance with paragraph (1)(b) and the office of President becomes vacant while that person is so acting, then, subject to subsection (2), that person may continue so to act until the Minister 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 President ceases to have effect if he or she resigns his or her appointment by writing signed by him or her and delivered to the Minister.

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