PROTECTED ESTATES ACT 1983 - SECT 5 Protective Commissioner and other officers
This legislation has been repealed.
PROTECTED ESTATES ACT 1983 - SECT 5
Protective Commissioner and other officers5 Protective Commissioner and other officers
(1) There shall be a Protective Commissioner and a Deputy Protective Commissioner, who shall be employed under, and hold office subject to, the Public Sector Management Act 1988 .
(2) Such other staff as may be necessary for the administration of this Act shall be employed under, and hold office subject to, the Public Service Act 1979 .
(4) The Protective Commissioner shall have the functions conferred and imposed on the Protective Commissioner by or under this or any other Act or law.
(5) The Deputy Protective Commissioner shall, during the illness or absence of the Protective Commissioner or during any vacancy in the office of the Protective Commissioner, have the functions conferred and imposed upon the Protective Commissioner by or under this or any other Act or law.
(6) Any thing done by the Deputy Protective Commissioner while acting pursuant to subsection (5) shall be deemed to have been done as Protective Commissioner.
(7) No person shall be concerned to inquire whether or not any occasion has arisen requiring or authorising the Deputy Protective Commissioner to exercise, pursuant to subsection (5), a function conferred or imposed upon the Protective Commissioner.