Teacher Registration (Northern Territory) Act 2004

(1) The Board members must elect a chairperson and a deputy chairperson who are to be chosen by the

Board members from among their own number.

(2) The deputy chairperson acts as chairperson when the chairperson is absent from a meeting of the

Board (or a committee), or is otherwise unable to perform the functions of the chairperson, or there is a vacancy in the office of the chairperson, despite that an alternate member may be acting in the place of the chairperson.