Victorian Current Acts Victorian Current ActsS. 8(1) substituted by No. 61/2016 s. 13.
(1) Subject to this Act, a member of the Council appointed by a church or the Council under section 7 holds office for a period of not more than 3 years, with the appointment terminating on 31 December in the final year of the member's appointment.
(2) Despite subsection (1)—
(a) a church may appoint a member until 31 December in the year, or in the year following the year, the member's appointment takes effect to ensure that 3 offices of the members appointed by the churches fall vacant each year;
(b) the Council may appoint a member until 31 December in the year, or in the year following the year, the member's appointment takes effect to ensure that one office of the members appointed by the Council falls vacant each year;
(c) a member of the Council appointed in accordance with paragraph (a) or (b) holds office for the period specified in his or her instrument of appointment.
(3) A member appointed to the Council is eligible to be appointed to the Council at the end of the member's term of office, but not so as to extend his or her period in office to exceed 12 years membership (whether consecutive or not).
(4) Subsection (3) does not apply to a member appointed to the Council whose membership of the Council exceeds 12 years if the Council passes a resolution that the person may continue to be a member beyond that period.
S. 8A inserted by No. 54/2005 s. 6.