Commonwealth Numbered Acts

INDUSTRIES ASSISTANCE COMMISSION ACT 1973 No. 169 of 1973 - SECT 17

17. (1) Where a Commissioner is, or is expected to be, absent from duty or
from Australia or is suspended, or the number of Commissioners has fallen
below five, the Minister may appoint a person, including an Associate
Commissioner, to act as a Commissioner during the absence or suspension or
until the number of Commissioners ceases to be below five.

(2) A person appointed to act as a Commissioner by reason of the number of
Commissioners falling below five shall not act as a Commissioner in pursuance
of that appointment after the expiration of twelve months from the date on
which the number of Commissioners fell below five.

(3) Where the Chairman is, or is expected to be, absent from duty or from
Australia or is suspended, or there is, or is expected to be, a vacancy in the
office of Chairman, the Minister may appoint a Commissioner to act as Chairman
during the absence or suspension or until the filling of the vacancy.

(4) A person appointed to act as Chairman during a vacancy in the office of
Chairman shall not act as Chairman after the expiration of twelve months after
the occurrence of the vacancy.

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

(6) Subject to this section, a person acting in an office in pursuance of this
section shall act in that office on such terms and conditions as the Minister
determines.

(7) The validity of a decision of the Commission 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 that an appointment under this section had ceased to have effect.