Principal Community Visitor
50 Principal Community Visitor
There will be a position of Principal Community Visitor.
A person will be appointed to the position of Principal Community
Visitor on conditions determined by the Governor and for a term, not exceeding 5 years, specified in the instrument of appointment and, at the expiration of a term of appointment, will be eligible for reappointment.
The
Governor may remove a person from the position of Principal
Community Visitor on the presentation of an address from both Houses of Parliament seeking the person's removal.
The
Governor may suspend a person from the position of Principal
Community Visitor on the ground of incompetence or misbehaviour and, in that event—
a full statement of the reason for the suspension must be laid before both Houses of Parliament within 3 sitting days of the suspension; and
if, at the expiration of 1 month from the date on which the statement was laid before Parliament, an address from both Houses of
Parliament seeking the person's removal has not been presented to the Governor, the person must be restored to the position.
The position of Principal Community Visitor becomes vacant if the person appointed to the position—
dies;
or
resigns by written notice given to the Minister; or
completes a term of appointment and is not reappointed; or
is removed from the position by the Governor under subsection (3);
or
becomes bankrupt or applies as a debtor to take the benefit of the laws relating to bankruptcy; or
is convicted of an indictable offence or sentenced to imprisonment for an offence; or
becomes a member of the Parliament of this State or any other State of the
Commonwealth or of the Commonwealth or becomes a member of a
Legislative Assembly of a Territory of the Commonwealth; or
becomes, in the opinion of the Governor, mentally or physically incapable of performing satisfactorily the functions of the position.
The
Minister may appoint a person to act in the position of Principal
Community Visitor—
during a vacancy in the position; or
when the Principal Community Visitor is absent or unable to perform the functions of the position; or
if the Principal Community Visitor is suspended from the position under subsection (4).
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