(1) The Chair of the Ministerial Council may, from time to time, appoint an individual to act as the Administrator during any period when the office is vacant or the holder of the office is suspended or absent from duty.
(2) Any such appointment may only be made from a panel of persons, and in accordance with the procedure, agreed to by all the members of the Ministerial Council.
Note for section 8
The applied provisions of Schedule 7 to the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (clause 27) contain additional provisions relating to acting appointments that have effect subject to this section.