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the following section: Acting appointments
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                "6. (1) The Minister may appoint a member or an acting member to act as Chairman—
    (a) during a vacancy in the office of Chairman; or
    (b) during any period, or during all periods, when the Chairman is absent from duty or from 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 for more than 12 months.
 "(2) The Minister may appoint a person to act as a member, other than the Chairman, during a vacancy in the office of such a member, but a person so appointed shall not continue to act as such a member for more than 12 months.
 "(3) The Minister may appoint a person to act as a full-time member, other than the Chairman, during any period, or during all periods, when such a member is absent from duty or from Australia or is, for any other reason, unable to perform the functions of his office.
 "(4) The Minister may appoint a person to act as a part-time member during any period, or during all periods, when such a member is unable (whether on account of illness or otherwise) to attend meetings of the Commission.
 "(5) An appointment under this section may be expressed to have effect only in such circumstances as are specified in the instrument of appointment.
 "(6) The Minister may—
   (a) determine the terms and conditions of appointment of a person appointed under this section; and
   (b) terminate such an appointment at any time.

SCHEDULE 1—continued
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                                                       "(7) Where a person is acting as Chairman in accordance with paragraph (1) (b), or as a member in accordance with sub-section (3) or (4), and the office of Chairman or that member, as the case may be, becomes vacant while that person is so acting, then, subject to sub-section (5), that person may continue so to act until the Minister otherwise directs, the vacancy is filled or a period of 12 months from the date on which the vacancy occurred expires, whichever first happens.
                                                       "(8) While a person is acting as Chairman or any other member under this section, he has and may exercise all the powers, and shall perform all the functions, of the Chairman or that other member, as the case may be.
                                                       "(9) The validity of anything done by a person purporting to act under this section shall not be called in question on the ground that the occasion for his appointment had not arisen, that there was a defect or irregularity in or in connection with his appointment, that the appointment had ceased