16Appointment of acting director

16 Appointment of acting director

(1)  The Minister may appoint a person to act as a Homes Tasmania director if a Homes Tasmania director is absent (the absent Homes Tasmania director).

(2)  For the purposes of subsection (1) , a Homes Tasmania director is absent if the director –

(a) is absent from the director's duty as a Homes Tasmania director; or

(b) is otherwise unable to perform the functions of the office of Homes Tasmania director.

(3)  A person appointed to act as a Homes Tasmania director under this section –

(a) is taken, for the purposes of this Act, to be a Homes Tasmania director; and

(b) if the relevant absent Homes Tasmania director is the Homes Tasmania Board chair, is not taken to be the Homes Tasmania Board chair solely by virtue of the person’s appointment under this section.

(4)  The appointment of a person under this section to act as a Homes Tasmania director terminates when whichever of the following first occurs:

(a) the absent Homes Tasmania director, for whom the person has been appointed to act, resumes performing the functions of a Homes Tasmania director;

(b) the absent Homes Tasmania director resigns;

(c) the Minister revokes the appointment to the Homes Tasmania Board of the absent Homes Tasmania director;

(d) the Minister revokes the appointment of the person to act as a Homes Tasmania director.