s 47

Vacancies in all Ministerial offices

In force

(1)

If:

(a)

at any time after the election of a Chief Minister, all the Ministerial offices (including the office of Chief Minister) have become vacant; and

(b)

it is necessary to exercise powers of the Executive for the purpose of maintaining the provision and control of essential services;

the Commonwealth Minister may exercise those powers for that purpose until a Chief Minister is elected.

(2)

Subsection (1) does not apply where the vacancies result from a dissolution of the Assembly.

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