Vacancy in office
3 Vacancy in office
The office of an appointed member becomes vacant if the member—
dies, or
completes a term of office and is not re-appointed, or
resigns the office by instrument in writing addressed to the Minister, or
ceases to be the nominee of the body on whose nomination the member was appointed, or
is removed from office by the Minister under this clause, or
absents himself or herself from 4 consecutive meetings of the Council of which reasonable notice has been given to the member personally or in the ordinary course of post, unless—
the Council has granted the member leave to be absent from those meetings, or
within 4 weeks after the last of those meetings, the member is excused by the Council for having been absent from those meetings, or
becomes bankrupt, applies to take benefit of any law for the relief of bankrupt or insolvent debtors, compounds with his or her creditors or makes an assignment of his or her remuneration for their benefit, or
becomes a mentally incapacitated person, or
is convicted in New South Wales of an offence that is punishable by imprisonment for 12 months or more or is convicted elsewhere than in New South Wales of an offence that, if committed in New South Wales, would be an offence so punishable.
A body referred to in section 6 (1) (d) may, by instrument in writing addressed to the Minister, revoke the nomination of an appointed member.
The Minister may remove an appointed member from office at any time.
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