Commonwealth Numbered Acts

PUBLIC LENDING RIGHT ACT 1985 No. 200, 1985 - SECT 13

13. (1) The Minister may appoint a person to act as Chairperson -

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

   (b)  during any period, or during all periods, when the Chairperson is
        absent from duty or from Australia or is, for any reason, unable to
        perform the duties of the office of Chairperson, but a person
        appointed to act during a vacancy shall not continue so to act for
        more than 12 months.

(2) An appointment of a person under sub-section (1) may be expressed to have
effect only in such circumstances as are specified in the instrument of
appointment.

(3) Where a person is acting as Chairperson in circumstances referred to in
paragraph (1)(b) and the office of Chairperson becomes vacant while that
person is so acting, then, subject to sub-section (2), that person 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.

(4) The appointment of a person to act as Chairperson ceases to have effect if
the person resigns the appointment by writing signed by the person and
delivered to the Minister.

(5) While a person is acting as Chairperson, the person has and may exercise
all the powers, and shall perform all the duties, of the Chairperson.

(6) The Minister may -

   (a)  determine the terms and conditions of appointment, including
        remuneration and allowances, of a person appointed to act as
        Chairperson; and

   (b)  terminate such an appointment at any time.

(7) The validity of anything done by or in relation to a person purporting to
act as Chairperson shall not be called in question on the ground that the
occasion for the person's appointment had not arisen, that there is a defect
or irregularity in or in connection with the appointment, that the appointment
had ceased to have effect or that the occasion for the person to act had not
arisen or had ceased.