Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY (SELF-GOVERNMENT) ACT 1988 - SECT 40

  (1)   At the first meeting of the Assembly after a general election, the members present shall, after electing a Presiding Officer and before any other business, elect one of their number to be the Chief Minister for the Territory.

  (2)   If there is a vacancy in the office of Chief Minister (not because of a dissolution of the Assembly), then:

  (a)   if the vacancy happens at a meeting, the members present shall elect one of their number to be the Chief Minister; or

  (b)   if the vacancy happens at any other time, the Presiding Officer shall, by notice published in the Territory Gazette , convene a meeting as soon as practicable and, at the meeting, the members present shall elect one of their number to be the Chief Minister.

  (3)   If a resolution of no confidence in the Chief Minister is passed, the members present shall elect one of their number to be the Chief Minister.