26Acting appointments—director

26 Acting appointments—director

(1) The Minister, after consultation with the Treasurer, may appoint a person (other than the chairperson or deputy chairperson) to act in the office of director of the North East Link State Tolling Corporation—

(a) if the office of a director is vacant; or

(b) during any period when a director is absent; or

(c) during any period when a director is acting as deputy chairperson; or

(d) if a director is, for any other reason, unable to attend meetings of the Board or otherwise unable to perform the duties of the office.

(2) While a person is acting as a director, the person—

(a) has and may exercise all the powers, and must perform all the functions and duties, of a director; and

(b) is entitled to be paid the remuneration and allowances to which a director would have been entitled.