29Acting Director

##### 29 Acting Director (1) The Minister may appoint a person to act as the Director: (a) during a vacancy in the office of Director, whether or not an appointment has previously been made to the office; or (b) during any period, or during all periods, when the Director is absent from duty or from Australia or, for any reason, is unable to perform the functions of his or her office. (2) A person appointed to act during a vacancy shall not continue so to act for more than 12 months. (3) 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. (4) Where a person is acting in the office of Director in accordance with paragraph (1)(b), and the office becomes vacant while he or she is so acting, he or she may continue so to act until the Minister otherwise directs, the vacancy is filled or a period of 12 months from the date on which the vacancy occurred expires, whichever first happens. (5) The appointment of a person under this section ceases to have effect if he or she resigns the appointment by writing signed by him or her and delivered to the Minister. (6) The validity of anything done by a person appointed under this section shall not be called in question on the ground that the occasion for his or her appointment had not arisen or that his or her appointment had ceased to have effect.