Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Country Fire Authority Act 1958 - SECT 9B

Deputy chairman

9B. Deputy chairman



(1) The person appointed to be deputy chairman of the Authority shall, in the
absence of the chairman and also during the occurrence from any cause of a
vacancy in the office of chairman and so long as such vacancy continues, have
and may exercise all the powers, functions, authorities, duties and
liabilities conferred or imposed by this or any other Act upon the chairman.



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(3) The deputy chairman shall in the absence of the chairman and also during
the occurrence from any cause of a vacancy in the office of chairman and so
long as such vacancy continues-

   (a)  preside at all meetings of the Authority; and

   (b)  have a casting as well as a deliberative vote; and

   (c)  be paid the remuneration (if any) and travelling and other allowances
        (if any) fixed from time to time by the Minister.

(4) The deputy chairman shall be entitled to receive such salary as is from
time to time determined by the Governor in Council.

(5) The chairman may in relation to any matter or class of matters by writing
under his hand delegate to the deputy chairman all or any of his powers,
functions, authorities, duties or liabilities under this or any other Act
(except his power of delegation) so that the delegated powers, functions,
authorities, duties and liabilities may be exercised and discharged by the
delegate with respect to the matters or class of matters specified in the
instrument of delegation.

(6) Every delegation under this section shall be revocable at will and no
delegation shall prevent the exercise of any power, function or authority or
the discharge of any duty or liability by the chairman.

(7) The Public Administration Act 2004 (other than Part 3 of that Act) applies
to a person appointed as deputy chairman of the Authority in respect of the
office of deputy chairman.









(8) If any person appointed as deputy chairman of the Authority was
immediately before his or her appointment an employee in the public service,
such person is eligible at the termination of his or her term of office under
this Act to be employed in the public service with a classification and
emolument corresponding with or higher than that which he or she held or
received immediately before his or her appointment as the deputy chairman of
the Authority as if the whole period of his or her service under this Act had
been a period of service in the public service.

(9) If any person appointed as deputy chairman of the Authority was
immediately prior to that appointment an officer within the meaning of the
State Superannuation Act 1988 or any corresponding previous enactment, he
shall notwithstanding that appointment be deemed to continue subject to that
Act to be an officer within the meaning of that Act.

(10) Where the deputy chairman is unable on account of illness or because the
deputy chairman is pursuant to subsection (1) acting in the place of the
chairman or is otherwise unable to perform the duties of the office of deputy
chairman, the Minister may appoint another member of the Authority to act in
the place of the deputy chairman during the period of inability.

(11) A member appointed under subsection (10) to act in the place of the
deputy chairman-

   (a)  shall while so acting have and may exercise all the powers functions
        authorities duties and liabilities conferred or imposed by this or any
        other Act upon the deputy chairman; and

   (b)  shall while so acting be paid the remuneration (if any) and travelling
        and other allowances (if any) fixed from time to time by the Minister.