Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01176:reg:6:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01176
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 6 (pt 1/2)
Character Range: 3029–5763

6  Standing acting arrangements for Chair of the APRA
 (1) Under subsection 19(2) of the Act, during all periods when the Chair is absent from duty or from Australia, or is, for any reason, unable to perform the functions of his or her office, the person determined in accordance with subsections (2), (3) and (4) is appointed to act as Chair.
 (2) For the purposes of this instrument, the senior available appointee at a particular time is a person who, at that time, satisfies all of the following:
 (a) is an APRA member;
 (b) is not absent from duty or from Australia;
 (c) has not, during a vacancy in the office of Chair or absence of the Chair, continued to act as Chair for a period of more than 12 months;
 (c) has advised that they are available to act as Chair;
 (d) is highest in the following list:
 (i) Margaret Cole;
 (ii) Therese McCarthy Hockey;
 (iii) Suzanne Smith.
 (3) The senior available appointee at the start of a period when the Chair is absent from duty or from Australia, or is, for any reason, unable to perform the functions of his or her office, is to act as Chair during that period.
 (4) However, if a person who is acting as Chair during a period (under subsection (3) or a previous application of this subsection) ceases at a particular time to be the senior available appointee, the senior available appointee at that time is to act as Chair during the remainder of that period.
 (5) Under subsection 33A(1) of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901, each appointment under subsection (1) is determined to be on the same terms and conditions that apply to the Chair under sections 22 and 23 of the Act.

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