New Zealand Legislation: Acts
Acts are laws made by Parliament
(1) Where the Minister of Justice is satisfied that the Registrar is unable, because of illness or absence or for any other reason, to exercise the functions of his office, the Minister may by notice in the Gazette appoint a person to be the deputy of the Registrar during his incapacity.
(2) No person who is incapable of holding office as Registrar shall be capable of being appointed to be the deputy of the Registrar.
(3) During the incapacity of the Registrar, the person who is for the time being his deputy may exercise the functions and powers and shall perform the duties of Registrar under this Act.
(4) No appointment of a deputy under this section, and no act done by him when acting as Registrar, shall in any proceedings be questioned on the grounds that the occasion for the appointment had not arisen or had ceased.
