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"the offices in the several Departments specified in Schedule 2" and substituting "offices in Departments".

Appointment of Public Service Board
8. Section 11 of the Principal Act is amended—
     (a) by omitting from sub-section (1) ", and on the happening of any vacancy in the office of member of the Board the Governor-General shall appoint a person to the vacant office"; and
     (b) by omitting sub-section (8).

Chairman of the Board
9. Section 12 of the Principal Act is amended—
     (a) by omitting from sub-section (1) ", and on the happening of any vacancy in the office of Chairman the Governor-General shall appoint a person to fill that office"; and
     (b) by omitting sub-section (2).

10. After section 12 of the Principal Act the following section is inserted:

Acting appointments of members of the Board
"12a. (1) The Governor-General may appoint a person to act as Chairman—
      (a) during a vacancy in the office of Chairman; or
      (b) during a period, or during all periods, when the Chairman is suspended from office, is absent from duty or Australia or is, for any other reason, unable to perform the functions of his office,
but a person appointed to act during a vacancy shall not continue so to act after the expiration of 6 months after the occurrence of the vacancy.
"(2) While a person is acting as Chairman in pursuance of an appointment under sub-section (1)—
     (a) he has and may exercise all the powers, and shall perform all the functions, of a member of the Board under this Act or any other law, and, in addition, he has and may exercise all the powers, and shall perform all the functions, of the Chairman under this Act; and
     (b) in a case where he is not a member of the Board—he shall be deemed to be a member of the Board for the purposes of sub-sections 11 (8a), (8b) and (9) and 15 (2) and (3) and section 16.
"(3) The Governor-General may appoint a person to act as a member of the Board—
     (a) during a vacancy in the office of a member of the Board (other than the Chairman); or
     (b) during a period, or during all periods, when a member of the Board (other than the Chairman) is acting as Chairman, is suspended from office, is absent from duty or Australia or is, for any other reason, unable to perform the functions of his office,
but a person appointed to act during a vacancy shall not continue so to act after the expiration of 6 months after the occurrence of the vacancy.

"(4) While a person is acting as a member of the Board in pursuance of an