Queensland Consolidated Acts

ARCHITECTS ACT 2002 - SECT 88

88 Leave of absence for a member

(1) The Minister may approve a leave of absence for a member (the
"absent member" ) of not more than 9 months.

(2) The Minister may appoint another person to act in the office of the absent member while the member is absent on the leave.

(3) A person appointed under subsection (2) , must be—

(a) if the absent member is a person mentioned in section 82 (2) (a) , (b) , (e) , (f) or (g) —a person who belongs to the same category of persons, mentioned in the section, to which the absent member belongs; or

(b) if the absent member is a person mentioned in section 82 (2) (c) or (d) —an architect.

(4) The Minister’s power to appoint a person to act in the office of an absent member does not limit the Governor in Council’s powers under the Acts Interpretation Act 1954 , section 25 (1) (b) (v) .