Queensland Consolidated Acts

FAMILY AND CHILD COMMISSION ACT 2014 - SECT 29Y

29Y Deputy chairperson

(1) The Minister may appoint a board member to be the deputy chairperson.

(2) If the chairperson is not an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander person, the Minister must appoint a board member who is an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander person as deputy chairperson.

(3) The Minister may not appoint a board member who is a commissioner as deputy chairperson.

(4) A person may be appointed as a board member and deputy chairperson at the same time.

(5) A person ceases to be deputy chairperson if the person—

(a) resigns office as deputy chairperson by signed notice given to the Minister; or

(b) ceases to be a board member.

(6) The deputy chairperson is to act as chairperson—

(a) during a vacancy in the office of chairperson; and

(b) during all periods when the chairperson is absent or cannot perform the functions of the office.