The provisions of this Constitution relating to the Governor_General extend and apply to the Governor_General for the time being, or such person as the Queen may appoint to administer the Government of the Commonwealth; but no such person shall be entitled to receive any salary from the Commonwealth in respect of any other office during his administration of the Government of the Commonwealth.
Following this provision, when the Governor_General dies, resigns or is absent from Australia, an Administrator is appointed. The Administrator is styled either Administrator of the Commonwealth or, less commonly, Administrator of the Government of the Commonwealth.
In the Australian states, when the Governor dies or resigns, the Lieutenant-Governor, who is usually the Chief Justice of the state Supreme Court, assumes the title of Acting Governor.
In the Northern Territory, which is not a state and does not have a Governor, but which is self-governing with its own legislature and executive, the role of the Crown is filled by an Administrator appointed by the Governor-General on the advice of the Chief Minister of the Northern Territory, in accordance with the provisions of the Northern Territory (Self Government) Act 1978.
Administrators of the Northern Territory since Self-Government
John England: 1 June 1976 - 1 January 1981
Eric Johnston: 1 January 1981 - 1 July 1989
James Muirhead: 1 July 1989 - 1 March 1993
Keith Asche: 1 March 1993 - 17 February 1997
Neil Conn: 17 February 1997 - 31 October 2000
John Anictomatis: 31 October 2000
Ted Egan: from 18 November 2003
External link
Office of the Administrator of the Northern Territory (http://www.nt.gov.au/administrator/)
Usually, the office of administrator is a temporary appointment, for periods during which the governor is incapacitated, outside the territory, or otherwise unable to perform his/her duties.
In the Commonwealth of Australia, the Administrator, usually called the Administrator of the Commonwealth, is by convention the longest-serving state Governor.
In the states of Australia, executive authority generally passes to the Lieutenant-Governor, and in the absence of the Lieutenant-Governor, to an Administrator, who is by default the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court or the next most senior justice.
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