Queensland Numbered Acts

PLUMBING AND DRAINAGE ACT 2018 - SECT 116

116 Deputy chairperson

(1) The deputy chairperson of the council is the member appointed by the Governor in Council as the deputy chairperson.

(2) A person may be appointed as the deputy chairperson when the person is appointed as a member.

(3) The deputy chairperson holds office for the term, ending no later than the person’s term of appointment as a member, stated in the person’s instrument of appointment as deputy chairperson.

(4) However, a person’s appointment as deputy chairperson ends if, during the term of the appointment, the person stops being a member.

(5) The deputy chairperson must act as chairperson during—

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

(b) all periods when the chairperson is absent from duty or, for another reason, can not perform the functions of the office.