Commonwealth Numbered Acts

NATIONAL PARKS AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION ACT 1975 No. 12, 1975 - SECT 29

29. (1) The Minister may appoint a person to act as the Director-

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

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

(2) A person appointed to act during a vacancy shall not continue so to act
for more than 12 months.

(3) The Minister may-

   (a)  determine the terms and conditions of appointment, including
        remuneration and allowances, of a person appointed under this section;
        and

   (b)  at any time terminate such an appointment.

(4) Where a person is acting in the office of Director in accordance with
paragraph (1) (b), and the office becomes vacant while he is so acting, he may
continue so to act until the Minister otherwise directs, the vacancy is filled
or a period of 12 months from the date on which the vacancy occurred expires,
whichever first happens.

(5) The appointment of a person under this section ceases to have effect if he
resigns the appointment by writing signed by him and delivered to the
Minister.

(6) The validity of anything done by a person appointed under this section
shall not be called in question on the ground that the occasion for his
appointment had not arisen or that his appointment had ceased to have effect.