Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) If a Director (the absent Director ) is, or is expected to be, absent from duty or from Australia, or for any other reason unable to perform his or her duties as Director, the Minister may appoint a person to act as Director, during the period of the absence or inability, to represent the bodies or organisations that the absent Director was appointed to represent.
Note: For rules that apply to acting appointments, see section 33A of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 .
(2) A person to be appointed to act as a Director as mentioned in subsection (1) is to be a person who the Minister considers, after consulting the bodies or organisations that the absent Director was appointed to represent, is suitable to represent those bodies or organisations.