9Acting Director

### 9 Acting Director > > (1)  [*\[Section 9 Subsection (1) amended by No. 36 of 2017, s. 14, Applied:19 Sep 2017\]*](/view/html/inforce/2017-09-19/act-2017-036#GS14@EN) Where – > > > > > > (a) the Director is absent from duty or from the State; or > > > > > > > (b) the Director is unable to perform the duties of the office; or > > > > > > > (c) there is a vacancy in the office of the Director – > > > > the Secretary of the Department may appoint a person who is an Australian lawyer to act as the Director during the absence or until the vacancy is filled. > > > (2)  If the person appointed to act in the office of the Director does not hold a current practising certificate, the person is deemed to hold such a certificate for the period during which the person acts in that office.