507Acting Directors

507 Acting Directors (1) The Governor in Council may appoint a person to act in the office of a Director during any period when— (a) the Director— (i) is absent from duty; or (ii) for any reason is unable to perform the duties of the office; or (b) the office is vacant. (2) A person appointed under this section while acting in the office of a Director— (a) has and may exercise the powers and perform the duties of that office; and (b) unless that person is an officer or employee who holds a full-time statutory office within the meaning of the **Public Administration Act 2004** or a full-time office with a statutory corporation, is entitled to be paid the remuneration and allowances to which a holder of the office would have been entitled. (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 a Director during a period of inability of the Director and the Director ceases to hold office without having resumed the performance of the duties of the office, the period of appointment of the person is deemed to continue 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 Director ceased to hold office—