South Australian Current Acts

CONSTITUTION ACT 1934 - SECT 67

67—Appointment of acting Ministers

        (1)         The Governor may appoint a Minister to act in the office of another Minister.

        (2)         An appointment under subsection (1) may authorise the appointee to act for—

            (a)         a specified period; or

            (b)         a period terminating on the occurrence of a specified event,

(being a period for which the holder of the office is expected to be unavailable to carry out official duties).

        (3)         A Minister has, while acting in the office of another Minister in pursuance of an appointment under this section, all the powers, functions and duties of that other Minister.

        (4)         Notice of an appointment under this section shall be published in the Gazette.

        (5)         If, in any legal proceedings, it appears that a Minister has acted in the office of another Minister, the Minister shall be deemed, in the absence of proof to the contrary, to have acted in pursuance of an appointment under this section.