Law Enforcement Conduct Commission Act 2016

Long illness or absence The Governor may, from time to time, appoint a person to act in the office of Inspector during the illness or absence of the Inspector.

Short illness or absence The Minister may appoint a person to act in the office of Inspector during the illness or absence of the Inspector if the Minister has reason to believe that the duration of the illness or absence will not exceed 4 weeks. The Minister is not to make an appointment if there is a subsisting appointment under subclause (1).

The person, while acting under this clause, has all the functions of the Inspector and is to be taken to be the Inspector.

The Governor or Minister may, at any time, remove a person from the office to which the person was appointed by the Governor or Minister, respectively, under this clause.

A person while acting under this clause is entitled to be paid such remuneration (including travelling and subsistence allowances) as the Governor or Minister may from time to time determine.

For the purposes of this clause—

a vacancy in the office of Inspector is taken to be an absence from office of the Inspector, and

an Assistant Inspector is taken to be absent from office as Assistant Inspector during any period when the Assistant Inspector acts in the office of the Inspector pursuant to an appointment under this clause.