Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) The council shall have a deputy chairperson who shall be a member of the council other than the chairperson elected by the council as deputy chairperson as soon as practicable after the appointment of the whole council to its current term or after the office falls vacant.
(2) A member elected to be deputy chairperson shall be deputy chairperson of the council for the current term of the member's office as a member of the council unless before the expiration of that term--
(a) the member resigns the member's office as deputy chairperson by written notice given to the Minister; or
(b) the member vacates the member's office as member of the council; or
(c) the member is appointed chairperson of the council.
(3) The deputy chairperson is to act as chairperson during--
(a) all vacancies in the office of chairperson; or
(b) all periods when the chairperson is absent from duty or, for another reason, cannot perform the functions of the office.