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National Council of Social Service Act 1992 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 2 · Establishment and Constitution of Council

5H. Validity of acts, etc.

Amended

Last amended by an amending law of 2026.

(1)

Despite section 33 of the Interpretation Act 1965, the performance of any function or exercise of any power by the Council is not affected merely because at the relevant time —

(a)

there was a vacancy in the membership of the Council, including a vacancy arising from the failure to appoint a member;

(b)

there was some defect or irregularity existing in the appointment or continuance in office of an individual purporting to be a member of the Council; or

(c)

there was an irregularity in the Council’s decision-making procedure that does not affect the merits of the decision made.

(2)

The acts of an individual as a member of the Council are not affected merely because —

(a)

there was some defect or irregularity existing in the appointment or continuance in office of the individual purporting to be a member of the Council; or

(b)

in the case of an individual acting in the capacity of the Chairperson, a member or the Chief Executive Officer, the occasion for the individual so acting, or for his or her appointment, had not arisen or had ended.