6Acting Administrator

6 Acting Administrator

(1) The Minister may appoint a person to act as Administrator and administer the Territory during a vacancy in the office of Administrator or during any period, or during all periods, when the Administrator is absent from duty or is unable, for any reason, to exercise the powers and perform the functions of the office. (2) An Acting Administrator has and may exercise all the powers and perform all the functions of the Administrator. (3) The appointment of a person to act as Administrator, and an act done by an Acting Administrator in that capacity, must not, in any proceedings, be questioned on the ground that the occasion for the appointment, or for the exercise of powers or performance of functions of the office, had not arisen or had ceased. (4) The Minister may, at any time, terminate the appointment of an Acting Administrator.