Commonwealth Numbered Acts

HEALTH INSURANCE COMMISSION ACT 1973 No. 41 of 1974 - SECT 25

25. (1) The Minister may appoint a person to act in the place of the General
Manager-

   (a)  during a vacancy in the office of General Manager, whether or not an
        appointment has previously been made to the office; or

   (b)  during any period, or during all periods, when the General Manager is,
        or is about to be, absent from duty or absent from Australia or, for
        any other reason, unable to perform the functions of his office.

(2) The Minister may-

   (a)  subject to this Act, determine the terms and conditions (including the
        terms and conditions relating to salary and allowances) of the
        appointment of a person to act in the place of, or in the vacant
        office of, the General Manager; and

   (b)  at any time terminate such an appointment.

(3) Where a person is acting in the place of the General Manager and the
office of General Manager becomes vacant while that person is so acting, that
person may continue to act in the vacant office until the Minister otherwise
directs or until the vacancy is filled.

(4) The appointment of a person under this section ceases to have effect if he
resigns the appointment by writing under his hand delivered to the Minister.

(5) The Superannuation Act 1922-1973 does not apply in relation to a person by
reason only of an appointment under this section.

(6) The validity of anything done by a person purporting to act in the place
of, or in the vacant office of, the General Manager shall not be called in
question on the ground that occasion for the appointment of the person had not
arisen or that the appointment had ceased to have effect.