[1] The Vice-President of the Executive Council is appointed by the Governor on the advice of the Premier.

[2] The Vice-President is usually a senior minister and may summon executive councillors and preside at Council meetings when the Governor is not present.

However, the Vice-President cannot sign Executive Council documents on behalf of the Governor.

The current Vice-President of the Executive Council is Penny Sharpe, since 28 March 2023.

In this sense, it is usually not a 'Minister without portfolio' such as the equivalent position, Lord President of the Council, is in the United Kingdom, although it has sometimes been used thus in the past, particularly in the pre-Federation period.