Commonwealth Numbered Acts

AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY ACT 1991 No. 131 of 1991 - SECT 37

37. (1) The Council may appoint a person to act in an executive office:

   (a)  during a vacancy in the executive office, whether or not an
        appointment has previously been made to the executive office; or

   (b)  during any period, or during all periods, when the holder of the
        executive office is absent from duty or from Australia, is acting in
        another executive office or is, for any reason, unable to perform the
        duties of the office; but a person appointed to act during a vacancy
        may not continue so to act for more than 12 months.

(2) Anything done by or in relation to a person purporting to act pursuant to
an appointment made under this section is not invalid merely 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 to act had not arisen or had ceased.