Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY (SELF-GOVERNMENT) ACT 1988 - SECT 47

  (1)   If:

  (a)   at any time after the election of a Chief Minister, all the Ministerial offices (including the office of Chief Minister) have become vacant; and

  (b)   it is necessary to exercise powers of the Executive for the purpose of maintaining the provision and control of essential services;

the Commonwealth Minister may exercise those powers for that purpose until a Chief Minister is elected.

  (2)   Subsection   (1) does not apply where the vacancies result from a dissolution of the Assembly.