VICIn ForceAct
Education and Training Reform Act 2006
4Acting appointments
Start here
Get a plain-English read of 4
Turn the raw legal text into a practical explanation grounded in Education and Training Reform Act 2006.
4 Acting appointments
Sch. 2 cl. 4(1) amended by No. 28/2010 s. 20(1).
(1) The Minister may appoint a person to act in the place of a member, including a chairperson, who is absent or who is, for any other reason, unable to perform the duties of the office.
Sch. 2 cl. 4(2) amended by Nos 28/2010 s. 20(2), 73/2012 s. 8(7), 32/2022 s. 59.
(2) If there is a vacancy in the office of a member (including a chairperson) of the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority, the Adult, Community and Further Education Board, the Victorian Registration and Qualifications Authority or the Victorian Academy of Teaching and Leadership, the Minister may appoint a person to act in the place of that member until the vacancy is filled.
(3) A person appointed under subclause (1) or (2)—
(a) has all the powers and may perform all the duties of the member for whom he or she is acting;
(b) is entitled to the remuneration and allowances (if any) to which the member for whom he or she is acting would have been entitled for performing those duties;
(c) subject to this clause, is subject to the same terms and conditions of appointment as the member for whom he or she is acting.
(4) This clause does not apply to the Victorian Institute of Teaching.
Note to Sch. 2 cl. 4 inserted by No. 42/2016 s. 13.
The Minister may appoint a person under section 2.6.64 to act in the place of a member of the Council of the Victorian Institute of Teaching.