36Appointment of public officer etc.

#### 36 Appointment of public officer etc. (1) An Aboriginal Council shall, within 3 weeks after the first meeting of the Council, appoint a person to be the public officer of the Council and determine an official address for the person from time to time holding the office and, if that office at any time becomes vacant, shall, within 3 weeks after it becomes vacant, appoint a person to fill that vacancy. (2) The public officer of an Aboriginal Council holds office during the pleasure of the Council. (3) The public officer of an Aboriginal Council may resign his or her office by signed writing delivered to the Chair of the Council but the resignation does not have effect until it is accepted by the Chair of the Council. (4) An Aboriginal Council shall terminate the appointment of the public officer of the Council if the officer becomes bankrupt, applies to take the benefit of a law for the relief of bankrupt or insolvent debtors or compounds with the officer’s creditors. (5) Where the Registrar considers that the place of the official address of the public officer of an Aboriginal Council is not an appropriate place for the performance of the duties of the public officer under this Act, the Registrar may direct the Council to determine another official address and to notify the Registrar of the address so determined and the Council shall obey that direction.