66Grounds for disqualification from office

66 Grounds for disqualification from office

66 Grounds for disqualification from office

(1) A person is disqualified from holding office as a Board member of a Local Aboriginal Land Council if the person—

(a) has a conviction in New South Wales or elsewhere for an offence relating to the management of a corporation, that was recorded within the last 5 years, or

(b) has a conviction for an offence under this Act that was recorded within the last 5 years, or

(c) has a conviction in New South Wales for any other offence that is punishable by imprisonment for 5 years or more or is convicted elsewhere than in New South Wales of an offence that, if committed in New South Wales, would be an offence so punishable that was recorded within the last 5 years, or

(c1) has, within the last 5 years, been the subject of a finding by the Independent Commission Against Corruption that the person has engaged in serious corrupt conduct, or

(d) ceases to be a voting member of the Council, or

(e) becomes a councillor of the New South Wales Aboriginal Land Council, or

(f) is a mentally incapacitated person, or

(g) is or becomes bankrupt, applies to take the benefit of any law for the relief of bankrupt or insolvent debtors, compounds with his or her creditors or makes an assignment of his or her remuneration for their benefit, or

(h) is or was a director or person concerned in the management of a body corporate that is the subject of a winding up order or for which either of the following has been appointed during the last 3 years—

(a) a controller or administrator under the Corporations Act 2001 of the Commonwealth,

(b) a controller or administrator, other than a special administrator, under the Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006 of the Commonwealth, or

(i) is disqualified from holding office in or being concerned in the management of a corporation under any law of this or any other State or Territory or the Commonwealth, or

(j) is an employee of, or a consultant or contractor to, the Council, or