Australian Science, Technology and Engineering Council Act 1978
15Acting appointments
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15 Acting appointments
(1) During any period when there is no Chairperson or when the Chairperson is absent from duty or from Australia or is, for any other reason, unable to perform the functions of the office of Chairperson:
(a) the Deputy Chairperson shall act as Chairperson; or
(b) if there is no Deputy Chairperson or theDeputy Chairperson is not available to act as Chairperson, the Minister may appoint a person (who may be a member) to act as Chairperson, but any such appointment ceases to have effect when the circumstances giving rise to that appointment cease.
(2) The Minister may appoint a person to act as a member during any period, or during all periods, when a member (other than the Chairperson or the Deputy Chairperson) is absent from duty or from Australia, is acting as Chairperson in accordance with subsection (1) or is, for any other reason, unable to perform the functions of his office. (3) A person appointed to act in accordance with subsection (1) or (2) shall not continue so to act for more than 12 months. (4) The Minister may:
(a) determine the terms and conditions of appointment, including remuneration and allowances, of a person appointed under this section; and
(b) at any time terminate such an appointment.
(5) The appointment of a person under this section ceases to have effect if he resigns the appointment by writing signed by him and delivered to the Minister. (6) At any time when a person is acting as Chairperson or as a member in accordance with this section, he has, and may exercise, all the powers and shall perform all the functions of the Chairperson or a member, as the case may be, and, if he is not a member, shall be deemed to be a member for the purposes of sections 17, 18, 22 and 25. (7) The validity of anything done by a person purporting to act in accordance with this section shall not be called in question by reason of any defect or irregularity in or in connexion with his appointment or on the ground that the occasion for his so acting had not arisen or had ceased.