Victorian Current Acts

FAMILY VIOLENCE REFORM IMPLEMENTATION MONITOR ACT 2016 - SECT 12

    (1)     On the recommendation of the Minister, the Governor in Council may suspend the Implementation Monitor from office on any
of the following grounds—

        (a)     misconduct;

        (b)     neglect of duty;

        (c)     inability to perform the duties of the office;

        (d)     any other ground on which the Governor in Council is satisfied that the Implementation Monitor is unfit to hold office.

    (2)     The Minister must cause to be laid before each House of Parliament a full statement of the grounds of suspension within 7 sitting days of that House after the suspension.

    (3)     The Implementation Monitor must be removed from office by the Governor in Council if each House of Parliament, within 20 sitting days after the day when the statement is laid before it, declares by resolution that the Implementation Monitor ought to be removed from office.

    (4)     The Governor in Council must remove the suspension and restore the Implementation Monitor to office unless each House makes a declaration of the kind specified in subsection (3) within the time specified in that subsection.

    (5)     If the Implementation Monitor is suspended from office under subsection (1), the Implementation Monitor is taken not to be the Implementation Monitor during the period of suspension.