Victorian Current Acts Victorian Current Acts(1) The Attorney-General may recommend to the Governor in Council that an appointed member of the Board be suspended if the Attorney-General is of the opinion that the member—
(a) is mentally or physically incapable of satisfactorily performing functions as a member of the Board; or
(b) is guilty of improper conduct in performing functions as a member of the Board; or
(c) has failed to attend 3 consecutive meetings of the Board without reasonable excuse; or
(d) has otherwise engaged in improper conduct of a nature or seriousness that is incompatible with the person continuing to hold office as a member of the Board.
(2) The Governor in Council may suspend an appointed member of the Board from office on the recommendation of the Attorney-General under subsection (1).
(3) If an appointed member of the Board is suspended from office, the Attorney-General must cause a full statement of the grounds of the suspension to be laid before each House of Parliament within 7 sitting days of that House suspension.
(4) The Governor in Council must remove the appointed member from office if each House of the Parliament within 20 sitting days of that House after the statement is laid before it passes a resolution calling for the member's removal from office.
(5) The Governor in Council must remove the suspension unless each House of the Parliament, within 20 sitting days after the statement is laid before it, passes a resolution calling for the member's removal from office.
S. 87AAQ inserted by No. 16/2016 s. 156.