12Removal from office

#### 12 Removal from office (1) The Governor‑General may remove the Statistician from office on an address praying for his or her removal on the ground of misbehaviour or incapacity being presented to the Governor‑General by each House of the Parliament in the same session of the Parliament. (2) The Governor‑General may suspend the Statistician from office on the ground of misbehaviour or incapacity. (3) Where the Governor‑General suspends the Statistician from office, the Minister shall cause a statement of the ground of the suspension to be laid before each House of the Parliament within 7 sitting days of that House after the suspension. (4) Where such a statement has been laid before a House of the Parliament, that House may, within 15 sitting days of that House after the day on which the statement has been laid before it, by resolution, declare that the Statistician should be removed from office and, if each House so passes such a resolution, the Governor‑General shall remove the Statistician from office. (5) If, at the expiration of 15 sitting days of a House of the Parliament after the day on which the statement has been laid before that House, that House has not passed such a resolution, the suspension terminates. (6) The suspension of the Statistician from office under this section does not affect any entitlement of the Statistician to be paid remuneration and allowances. (7) If the Statistician 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, the Governor‑General shall remove the Statistician from office. (8) The Governor‑General may, with the consent of the Statistician, retire the Statistician from office on the ground of incapacity. (9) The Statistician shall not be removed or suspended from office except as provided by this section.