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DEFENCE ACT 1903 - SECT 58P

Acting appointments

  (1)   The Minister may appoint a person to act as a member (including the President) of the Tribunal:

  (a)   during a vacancy in the office of that member; or

  (b)   during any period, or during all periods, when that member is absent from duty or from Australia or is, for any other reason (including the reason that, in the case of a member not being the President, he or she is acting as President), unable to perform the duties of his or her office.

Note:   For rules that apply to acting appointments, see section   33A of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 .

  (8)   A reference in section   58H, 58J, 58K, 58KA, 58KC or 58U to the President or to a member of the Tribunal shall be read as including a reference to a person acting as the President or as a member of the Tribunal, as the case may be.



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