Commonwealth Numbered Acts

TERTIARY EDUCATION COMMISSION ACT 1977 No. 25 of 1977 - SECT 35

35. (1) The Minister may appoint a person, other than a Commissioner or a
member of a Council, to act as a member of a Council during a period, or
during all periods, when-

   (a)  there is a vacancy in the office of a member of the Council; or

   (b)  a member of the Council is absent from duty or from Australia or, for
        any other reason (including the provisions of section 34), is 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) 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.

(3) A person acting as a member of a Council may resign his appointment by
writing signed by him and delivered to the Minister.

(4) The validity of anything done by a person acting under this section shall
not be called in question by reason of any defect or irregularity in or in
connexion with his appointment or on the ground that the occasion for his
acting had not arisen or had ceased.