New Zealand Legislation: Acts
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(1) There shall be an officer to be called the Deputy State Services Commissioner, who shall be appointed by the Governor-General in Council on the recommendation of the Prime Minister.
(2) Subject to the control of the Commissioner, the Deputy Commissioner shall have and may exercise all the functions, duties, and powers of the Commissioner.
(3) On the occurrence from any cause of a vacancy in the office of Commissioner (whether by reason of death, resignation, or otherwise), and in the case of absence from duty of the Commissioner (from whatever cause arising), and so long as any such vacancy or absence continues, the Deputy Commissioner shall have and may exercise all the functions, duties, and powers of the Commissioner.
(4) The fact that the Deputy Commissioner exercises any function, duty, or power of the Commissioner shall, in the absence of proof to the contrary, be conclusive evidence of his or her authority to do so.
Section 12: substituted, on 19 December 1989, by section 3 of the State Sector Amendment Act (No 2) 1989 (1989 No 136).
