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ENERGY ARBITRATION AND REVIEW ACT 1998 - SECT 71

71 .         Acting arbitrator

        (1)         The Governor may appoint a person to act in the office of the arbitrator under this section and a person so appointed has, while so acting, all the functions of the arbitrator.

        (2)         A person appointed under subsection (1) may act in the office of the arbitrator if —

            (a)         the arbitrator is temporarily unable to perform official duties; or

            (b)         the arbitrator is suspended from office under section 67; or

            (c)         the office of the arbitrator is temporarily vacant; or

            (d)         the arbitrator is disqualified from acting in relation to a particular matter, in relation to that matter.

        (3)         Subject to this Division, the terms and conditions of appointment of the person appointed under subsection (1) are to be as determined from time to time by the Governor.

        (4)         An act or omission of a person acting under subsection (1) is not to be questioned on the ground that the occasion for his or her acting had not arisen or had ceased.



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