Commonwealth Numbered Acts

CANNED FRUITS MARKETING ACT 1979 No. 160 of 1979 - SECT 24

24. (1) Subject to sub-section (3), the Minister may appoint a person to act
as Chairman-

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

   (b)  during any period, or during all periods, when the Chairman is absent
        from duty or from Australia or is, for any other reason, unable to
        perform the functions of his 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 sub-section (1) may be expressed to have
effect only in such circumstances as are specified in the instrument of
appointment.

(3) A person shall not be appointed to act as Chairman unless he is qualified,
in accordance with sub-section 22 (5), to be appointed as Chairman.

(4) The Minister may-

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

   (b)  terminate such an appointment at any time.

(5) Where a person is acting as Chairman in accordance with paragraph (1) (b)
and the office of Chairman becomes vacant while that person is so acting,
then, subject to sub-section (2), that person may continue so to act until the
Minister otherwise directs, the vacancy is filled or a period of 12 months
after the date on which the vacancy occurred expires, whichever first happens.

(6) The appointment of a person to act as Chairman ceases to have effect if he
resigns his appointment by writing signed by him delivered to the Minister.

(7) While a person is acting as Chairman, he has and may exercise all the
powers, and shall perform all the functions, of the Chairman under this Act.

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