Commonwealth Numbered Acts

HEALTH INSURANCE COMMISSION ACT 1973 No. 41 of 1974 - SECT 13

13. (1) Where the Chairman is, or is expected to be, unable (whether on
account of illness or otherwise) to attend meetings of the Commission, or
there is a vacancy in the office of Chairman, the Minister may appoint the
Deputy Chairman to act in the place of the Chairman during that inability or
until the filling of the vacancy.

(2) Where a part-time Commissioner, other than the Chairman, is, or is
expected to be, unable (whether on account of illness or otherwise) to attend
meetings of the Commission, or there is a vacancy in the office of such a
part-time Commissioner, the Minister may, subject to subsections (3) and (4),
appoint a person to act in the place of the part-time Commissioner during that
inability or to act in the vacant office until the filling of the vacancy.

(3) A person appointed to act in the place of, or in the vacant office of, the
Deputy Chairman shall be a part-time Commissioner.

(4) A person appointed to act in the place of, or in the vacant office of, the
part-time Commissioner nominated by the Director-General shall himself be so
nominated.

(5) The Minister may, at any time, terminate an appointment made by him under
this section.

(6) A person shall, in respect of a period during which he is acting in the
place of, or in the vacant office of, a part-time Commissioner, other than the
Chairman, be entitled to receive such salary and allowances as he would have
received during that period if he had been the occupant of the office of that
part-time Commissioner.

(7) A part-time Commissioner is not entitled, in respect of a period during
which he is acting in the place of, or in the vacant office of, the Deputy
Chairman, to receive the salary and allowances applicable to his own office.