New South Wales Consolidated Acts

INTERPRETATION ACT 1987 - SECT 46

46 Appointments may be made by name or by office

(1) If an Act or instrument confers a power on any person or body--

(a) to appoint a person to an office,

(b) to appoint a person or body to exercise a function, or

(c) to appoint a person or body to do any other thing,

the person or body may make the appointment by appointing a person or body by name or by appointing a particular officer or the holder of a particular office by reference to the title of the office concerned.

(2) Any appointment of a particular officer or the holder of a particular office shall be taken to be the appointment of the person for the time being occupying or acting in the office concerned.