QUEENSLAND CIVIL AND ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL ACT 2009 - SECT 180
Acting president
QUEENSLAND CIVIL AND ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL ACT 2009 - SECT 180
Acting president
180 Acting president
(1) If there is a vacancy in the office of president or the president is
absent or for any other reason is unable to perform the functions of the
office, the Minister may appoint a person to act as president for a period of
not more than 6 months.
(2) An appointment under this section must be made in
writing.
(3) The Minister may appoint only the deputy president or a Supreme
Court judge to act as president.
(4) However, despite section 181(5) (b) ,
the Minister can not appoint a senior member acting as the deputy president to
act as president.
(5) The Minister must consult the Chief Justice before
appointing a Supreme Court judge to act as president.
(6) A person appointed
to act as president—
(a) has all the functions of the president; and
(b) is
taken to be the president for all purposes relating to this Act or an enabling
Act.
(7) Without limiting subsection (6) —
(a) section 175(4) to (6)
applies to a Supreme Court judge acting as president as if the judge were the
president; and
(b) sections 178and 179apply to a person acting as president
as if the person were the president.
(8) If the deputy president is appointed
to act as president, for the period of the acting the deputy president is
entitled to be paid the remuneration and allowances payable to a Supreme Court
judge.
(9) A person appointed to act as president may be appointed to act as
president for a further period—
(a) by the Minister, if the appointment is
continuous on 1 or more of the person’s previous appointments as acting
president and the total period of continuous appointments is not more than 6
months; or
(b) by the Governor in Council in other circumstances.
(10) The
Governor in Council may at any time cancel the appointment of a person to act
as president.