National Trust of Australia (W.A.) Act 1964

Subject to this section and to section 12 —

an appointed or elected councillor shall be appointed or elected for a term of 3 years, but any such councillor may, from time to time, be re‑appointed or re‑elected if he is then otherwise eligible for appointment or election;

an appointed or elected councillor may at any time resign his office by writing addressed to the President of The Trust;

an appointed councillor may at any time be removed from office by the Minister for disability, bankruptcy, neglect of duty or misconduct.

With respect to the first appointed and elected councillors the following provisions apply —

9 of those councillors, being 3 appointed councillors and 6 elected councillors, shall retire on the day immediately preceding the first anniversary of their appointment or election;

8 of those councillors, being 3 appointed councillors and 5 elected councillors, shall retire on the day immediately preceding the second anniversary of their appointment or election;

8 of those councillors, being 3 appointed councillors and 5 elected councillors, shall retire on the day immediately preceding the third anniversary of their appointment or election;

the councillors so to retire in any year shall, unless they otherwise agree among themselves, be determined by lot.

When an appointed or elected councillor dies, resigns or is removed from office, the vacancy so created shall be filled in the manner in which the appointment or election to the vacant office was originally made.

Every person appointed or elected under subsection (3A) shall hold office for the remainder of the term of office of the person in whose place he is appointed or elected.

Unless he sooner vacates his office otherwise than by effluxion of time, every councillor shall continue in office until his successor comes into office, notwithstanding that the term for which he was appointed or elected may have expired.