Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1998
35FAppointment of acting Privacy Commissioner
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35F Appointment of acting Privacy Commissioner
35F Appointment of acting Privacy Commissioner
(1) The Minister may, from time to time, appoint a person to act in the office of the Privacy Commissioner during the illness or absence of the Privacy Commissioner or during a vacancy in the office of the Privacy Commissioner. The person, while so acting, has all the functions of the Privacy Commissioner and is taken to be the Privacy Commissioner.
(2) The Minister may, at any time, remove a person from office as acting Privacy Commissioner.
(3) An acting Privacy Commissioner is entitled to be paid such remuneration (including travelling and subsistence allowances) as the Minister may from time to time determine.
s 35F: Ins 2010 No 71, Sch 1 [3].