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MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH ACT 1985 - SECT 15

Vacation of office

A Board member appointed under section 11(1)(c) vacates office:

        (a)     if the Board member becomes bankrupt, applies to take the benefit of a law for the relief of bankrupt or insolvent debtors, compounds with the Board member's creditors or makes an assignment of the Board member's remuneration for the Board member's benefit; or

        (b)     if the Board member is convicted in the Territory of an offence punishable by imprisonment for 12 months or more, or is convicted elsewhere than in the Territory of an offence which if committed in the Territory would be an offence so punishable; or

        (c)     if the Council receives a report from the Chief Health Officer, based on advice from 2 medical practitioners, that as a result of the member's mental illness, as defined in the Mental Health and Related Services Act 1998 , the Board member has become incapable of performing the duties of a Board member and is unlikely to be able to perform the duties for the remainder of the Board member's term of appointment; or

        (d)     if the Board member is absent for reasons other than illness or other unavoidable cause from 2 consecutive ordinary meetings of the Board of which reasonable notice has been given to the Board member personally or by post and the Board member is not, before the expiration of 6 weeks after the last of those meetings, excused by the Board for being absent from those meetings; or

        (e)     if the Board member resigns from office; or

        (f)     if the Board member knowingly contravenes or fails to comply with section 16.



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