Natural Resources Commission Act 2003

The Minister may appoint a person to act in the office of Commissioner during the illness or absence of the Commissioner.

The Commissioner may, with the concurrence of the Minister, appoint a person to act in the office of Assistant Commissioner.

A person, while acting in the office of Commissioner or Assistant Commissioner under this clause has all of the functions of the Commissioner or Assistant Commissioner (as the case requires).

A power to appoint a person to an office under this clause includes the power to remove the person from that office at any time.

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

For the purposes of this clause—

a vacancy in the office of Commissioner or Assistant Commissioner is to be regarded as an absence from the office of the Commissioner or Assistant Commissioner, and

during any period when an Assistant Commissioner acts in the office of Commissioner under this clause, the Assistant Commissioner is to be regarded as absent from office as Assistant Commissioner.