Commonwealth Numbered Acts

TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT 1975 No. 55 of 1975 - SECT 36

36. (1) Where the Chief General Manager is, or is expected to be, absent from
duty or from Australia or has been appointed to act as the Managing Director,
or there is, or is expected to be, a vacancy in the office of Chief
General Manager, the Minister may appoint a person to act as the Chief General
Manager during the absence, while the Chief General Manager continues to act
as the Managing Director or until the filling of the vacancy, as the case may
be.

(2) A person appointed to act as the Chief General Manager in the event of a
vacancy shall not continue in office after the expiration of 12 months after
the occurrence of the vacancy.

(3) The Minister may-

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

   (b)  at any time terminate such an appointment.

(4) Sub-sections 34 (4) and (7) apply in relation to a person appointed to act
as the Chief General Manager in like manner as they apply in relation to the
Chief General Manager.

(5) While the appointment of a person to act as the Chief General Manager is
in force, he has, and may exercise and perform, all the powers and functions
of the Chief General Manager.

(6) The validity of anything done by a person appointed to act as the Chief
General Manager shall not be called into question on the ground that the
occasion for his appointment had not arisen or that the appointment had ceased
to have effect.