63Performance of duties of statutory office holder in absence

63 Performance of duties of statutory office holder in absence (1) In this section: statutory office holder means an employee on whom a function is imposed or power conferred by another Act by virtue of the employee holding an office under the other Act and to which office he or she was appointed by virtue of being an employee. (2) Where a statutory office holder is or is expected to be absent or unable to perform a function or exercise a power of his or her office, the Chief Executive Officer of the statutory office holder may, in writing, direct an employee employed in his or her Agency to perform the function or exercise the power during the absence or inability of the statutory office holder and, subject to that other Act, on being so directed, the employee may do so in the same manner and to the same extent as the statutory office holder. (3) The validity of an act done by an employee under this section cannot be questioned in any proceedings on a ground arising from the fact that the occasion for so acting had not arisen or had ceased. Public Sector Employment and Management Act 1993 53