Commonwealth Numbered Acts

WAR GRAVES ACT 1980 No. 100 of 1980 - SECT 10

10. (1) The Minister may appoint a person to act as 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 is, for any reason, unable to perform
        the functions of his office, 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) The Minister may-

   (a)  determine the terms and conditions of appointment, including
        remuneration and allowances, of a person acting as Director; and

   (b)  at any time, terminate such an appointment.

(4) Where a person is acting as Director in accordance with paragraph (1) (b)
and the office of Director 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.

(5) The appointment of a person to act as Director ceases to have effect if he
resigns his appointment by writing signed by him and delivered to the
Minister.

(6) While a person is acting as Director, he has and may exercise all the
powers and shall perform all the functions, of the Director under this Act or
any other law.

(7) The validity of anything done by a person purporting to act under sub-
section (1) shall not be called in question on the ground that the occasion
for his appointment had not arisen, that there is a defect or irregularity in
or in connection with his appointment, that the appointment had ceased to have
effect or that the occasion for him to act had not arisen or had ceased.