17Acting Chairperson

17 Acting Chairperson (1) If the Chairperson is unable, whether by reason of illness or otherwise, to perform the duties of the office or the office of Chairperson is vacant, the Governor in Council may appoint another Director or any other person to act in the place of the Chairperson. (2) A person while acting in the place of the Chairperson— (a) has all the powers and may perform all the duties of the Chairperson; and (b) if that person is not an officer or employee who holds a full-time government office or a full-time office with a statutory corporation, is entitled to be paid— (i) such remuneration as is specified in the instrument of appointment or as may be fixed from time to time by the Governor in Council; and (ii) such travelling and other allowances as may be fixed from time to time by the Governor in Council. (3) The Governor in Council may at any time terminate an appointment under subsection (1). (4) If a person has been appointed under subsection (1) to act in the place of the Chairperson during a period of inability of the Chairperson and the Chairperson ceases to hold office without having resumed the performance of the duties of the office, the period of appointment of the person so appointed continues until— (a) the appointment is terminated by the Governor in Council; or (b) the expiration of the period of 12 months after the date on which the Chairperson ceases to hold office— whichever first occurs.