Appointment of acting Information Commissioner
61 Appointment of acting Information Commissioner
(1) The Inspector may appoint an eligible person to act as the Information Commissioner to deal with a specified matter under the Information Act 2002 that the
Information Commissioner cannot deal with due to a conflict of interest.
(2) A person is an eligible person for appointment as an acting Information Commissioner under subsection (1) if the person is not a member of the Legislative
Assembly.
(3) Concurrent appointments may exist under this section if the conditions of appointment distinguish the circumstances in which each appointee may act.
(4) To avoid doubt, an appointment may be made under this section regardless of whether a person has been appointed to act as the Commissioner under section
20.
Note for subsection (4)
Under section 21, a person appointed to act as the Commissioner under section 20 would also be an acting Information Commissioner.
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