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Removal from office

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Part 8Administrative provisions relating to commission
Division 8.1Commissioners

52 Removal from office

(1)

The Minister may remove a commissioner other than the chief executive officer from office for misbehaviour or physical or mental incapacity.

(2)

If a commissioner other than the chief executive officer—

(a)

becomes bankrupt or personally insolvent; or

(b)

is absent, except by leave of the Minister, from 3 consecutive meetings of the commission; or

(c)

fails to comply with the commissioner’s obligations under section 55;

the Minister shall remove the commissioner from office.

(3)

Subsection (2) does not apply to a commissioner if the commissioner is a judge but, if a commissioner being a judge ceases to be a judge, the Minister may terminate the commissioner’s appointment.

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