Commonwealth Numbered Acts

WHEAT MARKETING ACT 1984 NO. 141 OF 1984 - SECT 36

36. (1) The Board may appoint a member to act as Chairperson-

   (a)  during a vacancy in the office of Chairperson; or

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

(2) An appointment of a member 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 determine the terms and conditions of appointment,
including remuneration and allowances, of a member acting as the Chairperson.

(4) Remuneration and allowances payable to a member acting as Chairperson are
in addition to his or her remuneration and allowances as a member.

(5) The Board may terminate an appointment under sub-section (1) at any time.

(6) Where a member is acting as Chairperson in accordance with paragraph (1)
(b) and the office of Chairperson becomes vacant while the member is so
acting, then, subject to sub-section (2), the member may continue so to act
until the Board otherwise directs, the vacancy is filled or a period of 12
months after the date on which the vacancy occurred expires, whichever first
happens.

(7) The appointment of a member to act as Chairperson ceases to have effect if
the member resigns that appointment by writing signed by the member delivered
to the Minister.

(8) While a member is acting as Chairperson the member has and may exercise
all the powers, and shall perform all the functions, of the Chairperson under
this Act.

(9) The validity of anything done by a member purporting to act under
sub-section (1) shall not be called in question on the ground that the
occasion for the appointment of the member 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 member to
act had not arisen or had ceased.