New South Wales Repealed ActsThis legislation has been repealed.
(1) The Minister may, by order in writing, appoint a person to act in the office of registrar during:(a) an absence from duty of the registrar, or(b) a vacancy of not more than 6 months’ duration in the office of registrar.
(2) The Minister may delegate to the Director-General of the Attorney General’s Department the Minister’s power of appointment under this section.
(3) While acting in the office of registrar, a person so appointed has and may exercise all the functions of that office.
(4) Any act, matter or thing done by a person while acting in the office of registrar is taken to have been done by the registrar.
(5) Any act, matter or thing done by a person while purporting to exercise a function conferred by this section is not ineffective or invalid by reason only that either of the circumstances referred to in subsection (1) (a) or (b) did not exist when the act, matter or thing was done.