APPOINTMENT OF THE VICE-PRESIDENT AND OTHER MEMBERS OF
THE FEDERAL EXECUTIVE COUNCIL
AS DEPUTIES OF THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL
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I, PETER JOHN COSGROVE, Governor‑General of the Commonwealth of Australia:
(a) appoint the Vice-President from time to time of the Federal Executive Council to be my deputy within any part of the Commonwealth:
(i) to summon meetings of the Federal Executive Council; and
(ii) to preside over any meeting of the Federal Executive Council at which I am unable to be present; and
(b) in the case of a meeting of the Federal Executive Council at which I am not present, and at which neither the Vice-President nor an acting Vice‑President is present, appoint the most senior member of the Federal Executive Council present who is a Minister of State to be my deputy within any part of the Commonwealth to preside at the meeting.
Dated 28 March 2014
Peter Cosgrove
Governor-General
By His Excellency's Command
Tony Abbott
Prime Minister