Commonwealth Numbered Acts

CRIMES LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 1991 No. 28 of 1991 - SECT 53

53. Section 26 of the Principal Act is amended:

   (a)  by inserting after subsection (1) the following subsection:

"(1A) The Associate Director is to act in the office of Director:

   (a)  during a vacancy in that office; and

   (b)  during all periods when the Director is absent from duty or from
        Australia or is, for any reason, unable to perform the functions of
        the office; except when a person appointed under subsection (1) is
        acting in that position.";

   (b)  by omitting subsection (3) and substituting the following subsection:

"(3) The Attorney-General may:

   (a)  determine the terms and conditions, including remuneration and
        allowances, if any, on which a person is to act under this section;
        and

   (b)  terminate an appointment under this section at any time.";

   (c)  by omitting from subsection (4) "in accordance with" and substituting
        "during a period mentioned in";

   (d)  by adding at the end the following subsection:

"(9) The validity of anything done by or in relation to the Associate Director
while purporting to act in the office of Director is not invalid merely
because the occasion to act had not arisen or had ceased.".