63ADisqualification from office––noncompliance with Act

63A Disqualification from office––noncompliance with Act (1) This section applies if the registrar-general is satisfied that–– (a) a person is, or has been, the public officer or a committee member of an incorporated association; and (b) the person or the association has failed to comply with this Act. (2) The registrar-general may apply to the ACAT for an order to disqualify the office-holder. (3) On application under subsection (2), the ACAT may make an order disqualifying the person from being the public officer or a committee member of an incorporated association for the period the ACAT considers appropriate if satisfied that–– (a) either— (i) the person has failed to comply with this Act; or (ii) while the person was the public officer or a committee member of an incorporated association, the association failed to comply with this Act; and (b) having regard to the extent of the noncompliance, the disqualification is justified. (4) The ACAT may revoke the order on the application of the person against whom the order was made.