Queensland Numbered Acts Queensland Numbered Acts(1) A community visitor holds office for a term of not longer than 3 years stated in the visitor's instrument of appointment.
Note—
A community visitor may be reappointed—see the Acts Interpretation Act 1954, section 25(1)(c).
(2) A community visitor may resign office by signed notice of resignation given to the public guardian.
(3) The public guardian may terminate the appointment of a community visitor if the public guardian is satisfied the community visitor—
(a) has become physically or mentally incapable of satisfactorily performing the duties of a community visitor; or
(b) has performed the community visitor's duties carelessly, incompetently or inefficiently; or
(c) is guilty of misconduct that could warrant dismissal from the public service if the community visitor were a public service officer; or
(d) has been found guilty of an offence the public guardian considers makes the person unsuitable to perform the duties of a community visitor.
(4) Also, the public guardian may, by written notice given to a person, suspend the appointment of the person as a community visitor if—
(a) the public guardian reasonably suspects a ground mentioned in subsection (3) may exist in relation to the person; and
(b) the public guardian needs to make investigations about the person to help the public guardian decide whether the person is suitable to continue to be a community visitor.
(5) A suspension under subsection (4) starts on the day the person is given written notice of the suspension and ends on the earliest of the following—
(a) the day the public guardian gives the person written notice that the suspension has ended;
(b) the day the public guardian terminates the person's appointment as a community visitor;
(c) the day that is 30 days after the day the suspension starts.
(6) The public guardian must terminate the appointment of a community visitor (adult) if the chief executive is satisfied the visitor is a person who may not hold office as a community visitor (adult) under section 110(2).
(7) The public guardian must terminate the appointment of a community visitor (child) if the chief executive is satisfied the visitor is a person who may not hold office as a community visitor (child) under section 111(2).