Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) Until a date to be appointed by the Governor in Council on the recommendation of the Minister made after consultation with the Minister for Aboriginal and Island Affairs and the Minister of State for the Commonwealth for Aboriginal Affairs, a person appointed by the Council of the Shire of Aurukun or the Council of the Shire of Mornington or by a body corporate deemed to be such a council to be chief executive officer of the shire shall be taken not to be such chief executive officer unless, before the person's appointment the person was approved for such appointment by the Minister after such consultation as aforesaid.
(2) Subject to subsection (1), the appointment of a person as chief executive officer of the Shire of Aurukun or, as the case may be, the Shire of Mornington shall be taken to have been duly made under the Local Government Act 1993 and the appointee shall be taken to be chief executive officer of the shire notwithstanding that the appointee has not the qualifications required of such a chief executive officer by that Act.
(3) If at any time the Council of the Shire of Aurukun or the Council of the Shire of Mornington or a body corporate deemed to be such a council fail to duly appoint a person to be chief executive officer of the shire, the person nominated by the Governor in Council to perform the duties of chief executive officer of the shire in question shall be taken to be such chief executive officer while the person continues to perform such duties.