sec.7Acting Solicitor-General

### sec.7 Acting Solicitor-General In the event of a vacancy in the office of Solicitor-General or of the illness or absence of the person holding that office the Governor in Council may, upon the recommendation of the Minister, by notification published in the Gazette, appoint a person eligible for appointment to that office to act as Solicitor-General and may at any time revoke that appointment. A person appointed under subsection (1) shall be entitled to act as Solicitor-General until— the appointment is revoked; or a person is appointed Solicitor-General under section 5 ; or the person holding the office of Solicitor-General returns to the duties of that office; whichever event first occurs. A person appointed to act in the office of Solicitor-General shall hold the appointment on conditions determined by the Governor in Council and specified in the instrument of appointment. While a person continues to be entitled to act in the office of Solicitor-General the person shall discharge the functions and may exercise the authorities conferred on the Solicitor-General by this Act. A person appointed to act in the office of Solicitor-General shall not be subject to the Public Sector Act 2022 while the person acts in that office unless immediately before the appointment the person was subject to that Act, in which case, while the person acts in that office, the person shall continue to be subject to that Act and shall be an officer of the public service. s 7 amd 1996 No. 37 s 147 sch 2 ; 2009 No. 25 s 83 sch ; 2022 No. 34 s 365 sch 3 (sec.7-ssec.1) In the event of a vacancy in the office of Solicitor-General or of the illness or absence of the person holding that office the Governor in Council may, upon the recommendation of the Minister, by notification published in the Gazette, appoint a person eligible for appointment to that office to act as Solicitor-General and may at any time revoke that appointment. (sec.7-ssec.2) A person appointed under subsection (1) shall be entitled to act as Solicitor-General until— the appointment is revoked; or a person is appointed Solicitor-General under section 5 ; or the person holding the office of Solicitor-General returns to the duties of that office; whichever event first occurs. (sec.7-ssec.3) A person appointed to act in the office of Solicitor-General shall hold the appointment on conditions determined by the Governor in Council and specified in the instrument of appointment. (sec.7-ssec.4) While a person continues to be entitled to act in the office of Solicitor-General the person shall discharge the functions and may exercise the authorities conferred on the Solicitor-General by this Act. (sec.7-ssec.5) A person appointed to act in the office of Solicitor-General shall not be subject to the Public Sector Act 2022 while the person acts in that office unless immediately before the appointment the person was subject to that Act, in which case, while the person acts in that office, the person shall continue to be subject to that Act and shall be an officer of the public service. - (a) the appointment is revoked; or - (b) a person is appointed Solicitor-General under section 5 ; or - (c) the person holding the office of Solicitor-General returns to the duties of that office;