109ZBExercise of powers and duties

#### 109ZB Exercise of powers and duties (1) Where this Law confers a power or imposes a duty, then, unless the contrary intention appears, the power may be exercised and the duty must be performed from time to time as the occasion requires. (2) Where this Law confers a power or imposes a duty on the holder of an office as such, then, unless the contrary intention appears, the power may be exercised and the duty must be performed by the holder for the time being of the office. (3) Where this Law provides that a person, court or body may do a particular act or thing, and the word may is used, the act or thing may be done at the discretion of the person, court or body. (4) Where this Law confers a power or function, or imposes a duty, on a body, whether incorporated or unincorporated, the exercise of the power or the performance of the function or duty is not affected merely because of a vacancy or vacancies in the membership of the body. (5) Where this Law confers a power to make, grant or issue any instrument (including rules, regulations or by‑laws) the power is, unless the contrary intention appears, taken as including a power exercisable in the like manner and subject to the like conditions (if any) to repeal, rescind, revoke, amend or vary any such instrument. (6) Where this Law confers a power to make, grant or issue any instrument (including rules, regulations or by‑laws) with respect to particular matters (however the matters are described), the power is taken to include a power to make, grant or issue such an instrument with respect to some only of those matters or with respect to a particular class or particular classes of those matters and to make different provision with respect to different matters or different classes of matters. (7) Where this Law confers a power to make, grant or issue any instrument (including rules, regulations or by‑laws), the power is not taken, by implication, not to include the power to make provision for or in relation to a particular aspect of a matter by reason only that provision is made by the Law in relation to another aspect of that matter or in relation to another matter. (8) Subject to subsection (9), where this Law confers upon any person or authority a power to make appointments to any office or place, the power is, unless the contrary intention appears, taken to include a power to appoint a person to act in the office or place until: (a) a person is appointed to the office or place; or (b) the expiration of 12 months after the office or place was created or became vacant, as the case requires; whichever first happens, and also to include a power to remove or suspend any person appointed, and to appoint another person temporarily in the place of any person so suspended or in place of any sick or absent holder of such office or place. (9) Where the power of such a person or authority to make any such appointment is only exercisable upon the recommendation or subject to the approval or consent of some other person or authority, the power to make an appointment to act in an office or place or the power of removal is, unless the contrary intention appears, only exercisable upon the recommendation or subject to the approval or consent of that other person or authority. (10) Where this Law confers a power to make, grant or issue an instrument (including rules, regulations or by‑laws) prescribing penalties not exceeding a specified amount or imprisonment for a specified period, that limitation on the penalties that may be prescribed does not prevent the instrument from requiring the making of a statutory declaration.