Section 53
Alternate authority for other periods
of Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act 2019
ActIn forceProvision 53 of 62
Section 53
(1)
The Minister or any Minister may appoint an alternate authority for such period, other than an election period, as may be specified.
(2)
Section 52(1) to (4) and (6) applies accordingly as if —
(a)
every reference to an alternate authority in those provisions is a reference to an alternate authority appointed under subsection (1); and
(b)
every reference to the election period in those provisions is a reference to the period specified under subsection (1).