Victorian Current Acts Victorian Current ActsS. 509(1) amended by No. 50/2019 s. 13.
(1) The Governor in Council may, by instrument, appoint one of the Directors to be Chairperson of the Board for such period, and on such terms and conditions, as are specified in the instrument of appointment.
(2) The Governor in Council may at any time terminate an appointment of a person under subsection (1), by notice in writing given to the person.
(3) If—
(a) the Chairperson—
(i) is absent from duty; or
(ii) is unable, whether by reason of illness or otherwise, to perform the duties of the office; or
(b) the office of Chairperson is vacant—
the Governor in Council may appoint another Director to act in the office of the Chairperson.
(4) A Director appointed under subsection (3) while acting in the office of the Chairperson—
(a) has all the rights and powers, and must perform all the duties, of the Chairperson; and
(b) unless the Director is an officer or employee who holds a full-time statutory office within the meaning of the Public Administration Act 2004 or a full-time office with a statutory corporation, the Director is entitled to be paid—
(i) such remuneration as is specified in the instrument of appointment or as may be fixed from time to time by the Governor in Council; and
(ii) such travelling and other allowances as may be fixed from time to time by the Governor in Council.
(5) If a Director has been appointed under subsection (3) to act in the place of the Chairperson during a period of inability of the Chairperson and the Chairperson ceases to hold office without having resumed the performance of the duties of the office, the period of appointment of the Director so appointed is deemed to continue until—
(a) the appointment is terminated by the Governor in Council; or
(b) the expiration of the period of 12 months after the date on which the Chairperson ceases to hold office—
whichever first occurs.