Northern Territory Aboriginal Sacred Sites Act 1989

A member may resign office by writing signed by or on behalf of him or her and delivered to the Administrator.

A resignation by a member delivered in accordance with subsection (1) does not have effect until it is accepted by the Administrator.

The Administrator may terminate the appointment of an Aboriginal member on the grounds of incompetence or misbehaviour.

The Minister may, at any time and at the Minister's discretion, make a written recommendation to the Administrator for the termination of the appointment of a member who was appointed on the Minister's nomination under section

6(2A).

On the Minister's recommendation under subsection (3A), the Administrator may terminate the appointment of the member nominated by the Minister.

The Administrator must terminate the appointment of a member if the member:

becomes bankrupt, applies to take the benefit of a 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;

is, without leave granted by the Authority, absent from 3 consecutive meetings of the

Authority of which reasonable notice has been given personally or in the ordinary course of post;

is the subject of a report of the Chief Health Officer, based on advice from 2 medical practitioners, that as a result of the member's mental illness, as defined in the Mental

Health and Related Services Act 1998, he or she has become incapable of performing his or her duties as a member and is unlikely to be able to perform them for the remainder of his or her term of appointment; or

becomes permanently incapable of performing his or her duties as a member.