Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) If--
(a) a person has, in the performance of the functions of an office, made a decision in relation to which an application may be made to the court under this Act; and
(b) the person no longer holds the office or, for whatever reason, is not performing the functions of the office;
this Act has effect as if the decision had been made by the replacement person for the office.
(2) The reference to the replacement person for an office is a reference to--
(a) the person for the time being holding or performing the functions of the office; or
(b) if there is no person for the time being holding or performing the functions of the office or the office no longer exists--the person specified by--
(i) the Minister administering the enactment, or the scheme or program, under which the decision was made; or
(ii) a person authorised in writing by the Minister for the purposes of this section.