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Acting Chief Inspector
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136. (1) Subject to subsection (4), the Board may appoint a consultant psychiatrist to act as the Acting Chief Inspector to perform the functions of the Chief Inspector during—
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(a) any period or periods when the Chief Inspector is absent from duty or from the State or is, for any other reason, unable to perform the functions of Chief Inspector,
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(b) any suspension from office of the Chief Inspector, or
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(c) any vacancy in the office of Chief Inspector.
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(2) An Acting Chief Inspector shall be furnished with a warrant of his or her appointment by the Commission, for the duration of his or her appointment as Acting Chief Inspector, and shall, when exercising any power conferred on him or her by this Act if requested by any person affected thereby, produce the warrant of appointment or a copy of it to that person.
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(3) The Board may at any time terminate an appointment under this section.
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(4) A person shall not be appointed under this section to perform the functions of the Chief Inspector for a continuous period of more than 12 months during a vacancy in the office of Chief Inspector.
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