57AInactive members

#### 57A Inactive members 57A Inactive members > > (1) The chief executive officer of a Local Aboriginal Land Council may, by notice in writing to a member of the Council (other than a Board member of the Council), declare the member to be an inactive member if, and only if, the member has been absent from 6 consecutive meetings of the Council (or such other number of meetings as may be prescribed by the regulations). > > > (2) Before declaring a member of a Local Aboriginal Land Council to be an inactive member, the chief executive officer of the Council must— > > > > > (a) inform the member, in writing, of the following— > > > > > > > (i) that the member will be declared to be an inactive member if the member does not attend the requisite number of meetings of the Council, > > > > > > > (ii) that the chief executive officer intends to declare the member to be an inactive member after the next meeting of the Council, > > > > > > > (iii) the date, time and location of the meeting of the Council after which the chief executive officer intends to make the declaration (being a meeting not less than 20 days after the date the notice is given, or such other period as may be prescribed by the regulations), > > > > > > > (iv) the process to be followed by the member to prevent the declaration being made or to cease being an inactive member, and > > > > > (b) at the meeting of the Council after which the chief executive officer intends to declare a member inactive, inform the members in attendance at the meeting of the chief executive officer’s intention. > > > (3) If the chief executive officer of a Local Aboriginal Land Council declares a member of the Council to be an inactive member under subsection (1), the chief executive officer must make an entry in the Council’s membership roll accordingly. > > > (4) A member of a Local Aboriginal Land Council ceases to be an inactive member of the Council if the member— > > > > > (a) attends a meeting of the Council, or > > > > > (b) at any time after being informed of the chief executive officer’s intention to declare a member to be inactive requests, in writing to the Registrar, that the member not be declared to be an inactive member. > > > (5) If a member of a Local Aboriginal Land Council makes a request under subsection (4)(b), the Registrar must notify the chief executive officer of the relevant Council of the member’s request and may issue a compliance direction to the chief executive officer in relation to the maintenance of the Council’s membership roll. > > > (6) A member of a Local Aboriginal Land Council, during any period that the member is declared to be an inactive member under this section, is not to be counted as a voting member of the Council for the purposes of determining the quorum required for a meeting of the Council. > > **s 57A:** Ins 2014 No 75, Sch 1 \[23\].