New South Wales Consolidated Acts

DUST DISEASES TRIBUNAL ACT 1989 - SECT 7B

7B Acting President

(1) The Governor may, by commission under the public seal of the State, appoint a member to be Acting President during such period as the President may be absent from his or her duties.

(1A) Unless the Governor has made an appointment under subsection (1) (and without limiting subsection (1)), the Attorney General may, by instrument in writing, appoint a member to be Acting President during such period as the President may be absent from his or her duties.

(1B) An appointment under this section may be made for a particular absence or for any absence that occurs from time to time.

(2) While holding office, the Acting President is to have the same functions as the President.

(3) In this section,
"absent from duty" includes a vacancy in the office of President.