Queensland Consolidated Acts

LAW REFORM COMMISSION ACT 1968 - SECT 7

7 Removal and vacation of office

(1) A member (not being the holder of a judicial office) shall be deemed to have vacated the member’s office as a member if—

(a) the member is removed from office by the Governor in Council—

(i) for misbehaviour; or

(ii) for failure to comply with the conditions of the member’s appointment; or

(iii) for absence from 3 consecutive meetings of the Commission without reasonable cause being shown to the Governor in Council; or

(iv) because the member becomes mentally or physically incapable of performing the duties of office; or

(b) the member becomes bankrupt, compounds with the member’s creditors, or makes any assignment of the member’s salary or allowances or of the member’s estate for their benefit; or

(c) the member is convicted of an indictable offence punishable by imprisonment of at least 1 year; or

(d) the member resigns from office by signed notice of resignation given to the Governor.

(2) A member who is the holder of a judicial office shall cease to hold office as a member if the member ceases to hold judicial office.