Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

SUPREME COURT (AMENDMENT) ACT (NO. 2) (NO. 91 OF 1993) - SECT 21

21. After section 46 of the Principal Act the following section is inserted:

“46A. (1) The Attorney-General may appoint—

        (a)     a person to act as the Registrar; and

        (b)     a person to act as the Sheriff;

during—

        (c)     a vacancy in the office of Registrar or Sheriff, as the case requires; or

        (d)     any period when the Registrar or Sheriff, as the case requires, is absent from duty or from Australia or is, for any other reason, unable to perform the functions of office.

“(2) A person appointed under subsection (1) shall not continue to act for more than 12 months.

“(3) Anything done by or in relation to a person purporting to act as the Registrar or Sheriff is not invalid merely because—

        (a)     there was a defect or irregularity in connection with the appointment;

        (b)     the appointment had ceased to have effect; or

        (c)     the occasion to act had not arisen or had ceased.

“(4) A person appointed under subsection (1) to act as Sheriff has the rights, privileges, immunities and liabilities of the Sheriff.”.