Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts(1) Subject to subsection (3), where an Act confers on any person or authority a power to make appointments to any office or position, the power shall be construed as including a power to terminate such an appointment or to remove or suspend any person appointed.
(2) If an Act authorises or requires a person or authority (the appointer ) to appoint a person to an office or position, the appointer may appoint a person, or 2 or more people, to act in the office or position:
(a) during a vacancy, or all vacancies, in the office or position whether or not an appointment has previously been made to the office or position; or
(b) during any period, or all periods, when the holder of the office or position is unable to perform the duties of the office or position.
(3) Where a power to make appointments to an office or position is exercisable only upon the recommendation or subject to the approval or consent of some other person or authority, the power of termination or removal referred to in subsection (1) is exercisable only upon the recommendation or subject to the approval or consent of that other person or authority.