Commonwealth Numbered Acts

STATUTE LAW (MISCELLANEOUS AMENDMENTS) ACT (No. 1) 1982 No. 26, 1982 - SECT 12

12. Section 10 of the Principal Act is amended -

(a) by omitting from sub-section (1) "The Minister may appoint a Deputy
President" and substituting "The Governor-General may appoint a Judge of the
Federal Court of Australia";

   (b)  by omitting sub-section (2) and substituting the following
        sub-section:



"(2) Where a Deputy President is, or is expected to be, absent from duty or
from Australia, the Governor-General may appoint a person qualified to be
appointed as a Deputy President to act as a Deputy President during the
absence.";

   (c)  by omitting from sub-section (3) "qualified to be appointed as a
        non-presidential member";

   (d)  by omitting sub-section (4) and substituting the following
        sub-section:



"(4) A person shall not be appointed under sub-section (3) to act as a senior
member, or as a non-presidential member other than a senior member, unless the
person is qualified to be appointed as a senior member or as such a
non-presidential member, as the case requires.";

   (e)  by omitting from sub-section (7) "as President,";

   (f)  by omitting sub-section (8);

(g) by inserting in sub-section (9) "as President," after "acting" (first
occurring); and

   (h)  by omitting sub-section (10) and substituting the following
        sub-section:



"(10) A person acting as the President, as a Deputy President, as a senior
member or as a non-presidential member other than a senior member in
accordance with this section has and may exercise all the powers, and shall
perform all the functions and duties, conferred or imposed by this Act on the
President, on a Deputy President, on a senior member or on a non-presidential
member other than a senior member, as the case may be, and, for the purposes
of the exercise of those powers, or the performance of those functions and
duties, this Act has effect as if a reference to the President, to a Deputy
President, to a senior member or to a non-presidential member other than a
senior member included a reference to a person acting as the President, as a
Deputy President, as a senior member, or as a non-presidential member other
than a senior member, as the case may be.".