Commonwealth Numbered Acts

AUSTRALIAN HORTICULTURAL CORPORATION ACT 1987 No. 164 of 1987 - SECT 43

43. (1) The Corporation may appoint a person (other than a member of the
Corporation) to act as Managing Director:

   (a)  during a vacancy in the office of Managing Director (whether or not an
        appointment has previously been made to the office); or

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

(2) An appointment under subsection (1) may be expressed to have effect only
in specified circumstances.

(3) Where:

   (a)  a person is acting under paragraph (1) (b); and

   (b)  the office of Managing Director becomes vacant; then, subject to
        subsection (2) and paragraph (5) (b), the person may continue to act
        until the vacancy is filled.

(4) A person acting as Managing Director has all the powers and duties of the
Managing Director.

(5) The Corporation may:

   (a)  with the written approval of the Minister, determine the terms and
        conditions of appointment, including remuneration and allowances, of a
        person appointed to act as Managing Director; and

   (b)  terminate the appointment at any time.

(6) A person appointed to act as Managing Director may resign the appointment
by writing signed by the person and delivered to the Chairperson of the
Corporation.

(7) Anything done by or in relation to a person purporting to act as
Managing Director is not invalid because:

   (a)  the occasion for the appointment had not arisen;

   (b)  there was a defect or irregularity in connection with the appointment;

   (c)  the appointment had ceased to have effect; or

   (d)  the occasion for the person to act as Managing Director had not arisen
        or had ceased.