Administrative Appeals Tribunal Amendment Act 2005 (38 of 2005)

Schedule 1   Amendments

Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975

27   Subsection 10(2)

Repeal the subsection, substitute:

Acting Deputy President

(2) If a Deputy President is, or is expected to be:

(a) in the case of a full-time Deputy President - absent from duty or from Australia; or

(b) in the case of a part-time Deputy President - unavailable to perform the duties of his or her office;

the Governor-General may appoint a person qualified to be appointed as a Deputy President:

(c) in a case to which paragraph (a) applies - to act as a full-time Deputy President during the absence; or

(d) in a case to which paragraph (b) applies - to act as a part-time Deputy President during the period of unavailability.

Note 1A: The following heading to subsection 10(1) is inserted "Acting President".

Note 1: The following heading to subsection 10(3) is inserted "Acting non-presidential member".

Note 2: The following heading to subsection 10(5) is inserted "Extension of acting appointment".