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VICTORIAN CIVIL AND ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL ACT 1998 - SECT 28

Acting Deputy President

    (1)     If there is a vacancy in the office of a Deputy President or a Deputy President is absent or, for any other reason, is unable to perform the duties of office, the President may appoint a senior member of the Tribunal as an acting Deputy President.

S. 28(2) amended by No. 15/2018 s. 59(1).

    (2)     The appointment of an acting Deputy President cannot exceed 6 months.

    (3)     A person appointed as an acting Deputy President—

S. 28(3)(a) amended by No. 15/2018 s. 59(2).

        (a)     has all the powers and may perform all the duties of the Deputy President for whom he or she is acting; and

        (b)     may resign the acting appointment by delivering to the President a signed letter of resignation; and

S. 28(3)(c) substituted by No. 15/2018 s. 59(3).

        (c)     subject to subsection (3A), is eligible for re‑appointment.

S. 28(3A) inserted by No. 15/2018 s. 59(4).

    (3A)     A person appointed as an acting Deputy President must not act as a Deputy President for a continuous period of more than 12 months, unless the Minister, in writing, approves a proposed re-appointment which would result in a person acting as a Deputy President for a continuous period of more than 12 months.

    (4)     The President may at any time terminate an acting appointment.

S. 28A inserted by No. 15/2018 s. 60.



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