Commonwealth Numbered Acts

PUBLIC SERVICE AND STATUTORY AUTHORITIES AMENDMENT ACT 1980 No. 177, 1980 - SECT 9

9. Section 15 of the Principal Act is repealed and the following section
substituted: Termination of appointment



"15. (1) If a member of the Board-

   (a)  engages, during his term of office, in any paid employment outside the
        duties of his office;

   (b)  becomes bankrupt, applies to take the benefit of any law for the
        relief of bankrupt or insolvent debtors, compounds with his creditors
        or makes an assignment of his remuneration for their benefit;

   (c)  except on leave granted by the Governor-General, absents himself from
        duty for 14 consecutive days, or for 28 days in any 12 months;

   (d)  becomes permanently incapable of performing his duties; or

   (e)  fails, without reasonable excuse, to comply with his obligations under
        sub-section (2) or (3), the Governor-General shall terminate the
        appointment of the member.



"(2) A member who has a direct or indirect pecuniary interest in a matter
being considered or about to be considered by the Board shall, as soon as
possible after the relevant facts have come to his knowledge, disclose the
nature of his interest at a meeting of the Board.



"(3) A disclosure under sub-section (2) shall be recorded in the minutes of
the meeting of the Board and, if the interest of the member so recorded arises
by reason of, or is otherwise related to, a direct or indirect pecuniary
interest that the member has in a business or in a body corporate carrying on
a business, the member shall not-

   (a)  be present during any deliberations of the Board with respect to that
        matter; or

   (b)  take part in any decision of the Board with respect to that matter.".