Commonwealth Numbered Acts

COMMONWEALTH AUTHORITIES AND COMPANIES ACT 1997 No. 153 of 1997 - SECT 24

(1) The office of a director of a Commonwealth authority is, by force of this
section, vacated if the person holding the office:

   (a)  becomes subject to a civil penalty disqualification; or

   (b)  is convicted of an offence of which he or she is guilty because of
        clause 11 of Schedule 2.

(2) A person whose office is vacated because of paragraph (1)(a) cannot,
without leave granted under clause 8 of Schedule 2, be reappointed as a
director until the end of the period specified in the disqualification.

(3) A person whose office is vacated because of paragraph (1)(b) cannot,
without leave granted under clause 12 of Schedule 2, be reappointed as a
director until the end of the period of 5 years referred to in subclause 12(1)
of that Schedule.

(4) For the purposes of this section, a person is or becomes subject to a
civil penalty disqualification if, and only if, an order relating to the
person is in force, or is made, under paragraph 4(3)(a) of Schedule 2.