Commonwealth Numbered Acts

AUSTRALIAN OVERSEAS PROJECTS CORPORATION ACT 1978 No. 105 of 1978 - SECT 19

19. (1) Where there is a vacancy in the office of Chairman, or the Chairman
is, or is expected to be, unable (whether on account of illness or otherwise)
to attend meetings of the Board, the Minister may appoint the Deputy Chairman
or, subject to sub-section (4), another person to be acting Chairman of the
Board until the filling of the vacancy or during the inability, as the case
may be.

(2) Where there is a vacancy in the office of Deputy Chairman, or the Deputy
Chairman is, or is expected to be, unable (whether on account of illness or
otherwise) to attend meetings of the Board, the Minister may, subject to
sub-section (4), appoint a person to be acting Deputy Chairman until the
filling of the vacancy or during the inability, as the case may be.

(3) Where there is a vacancy in the office of an appointed Director (other
than the Chairman or Deputy Chairman), or an appointed Director (other than
the Chairman or Deputy Chairman) is unable (whether on account of illness or
otherwise) to attend meetings of the Board, the Minister may, subject to
sub-section (4), appoint a person to be an acting Director in relation to the
vacancy or in the place of the appointed Director until the filling of the
vacancy or during the inability, as the case may be.

(4) A person may be appointed under this section as acting Chairman or as
acting Deputy Chairman whether or not he is a member of the Board, but the
Managing Director or a person acting as Managing Director shall not be so
appointed.

(5) For the purposes of this section-

   (a)  there shall be deemed to be a vacancy in the office of Deputy Chairman
        at any time when the Deputy Chairman is acting Chairman; and

   (b)  there shall be deemed to be a vacancy in the office of an appointed
        Director (other than the Chairman or Deputy Chairman) at any time when
        the person occupying that office is acting Chairman or
        acting Deputy Chairman.

(6) An acting Chairman, an acting Deputy Chairman or other acting Director
appointed by reason of the office of Chairman, Deputy Chairman or other
appointed Director, as the case may be, being vacant shall not continue in
office after the expiration of 12 months after the occurrence of the vacancy.

(7) The Minister may-

   (a)  determine the terms and conditions of appointment of a person
        appointed under this section; and

   (b)  at any time terminate such an appointment.

(8) The validity of a decision of the Board shall not be questioned in any
proceedings on a ground arising from the fact that the occasion for the
appointment of a person purporting to be appointed under this section had not
arisen or an appointment under this section had ceased to have effect.