Appointment of Commonwealth official as deputy president or industrial commissioner
492 Appointment of Commonwealth official as deputy president or industrial commissioner
The Governor in Council may, by gazette notice, appoint a member of the Australian commission to be a deputy president or an industrial commissioner (each a dual commissioner).
Sections 423 and 446 and 586 do not apply to the appointment of a dual commissioner or to a dual commissioner.
The appointment—
is for the term decided by the Governor in Council and stated in the instrument of appointment; and
may be ended, with the Governor in Council’s approval, by notice given by the Minister to the dual commissioner.
A dual commissioner—
is not entitled to remuneration for performing the functions of a deputy president or an industrial commissioner; but
is entitled to be paid expenses reasonably incurred by the dual commissioner in exercising powers and performing functions as a deputy president or an industrial commissioner.
A dual commissioner stops being a deputy president or an industrial commissioner if the person—
becomes a person mentioned in section 445; or
stops being a member of the Australian commission.
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