18Vacation of office

#### 18 Vacation of office (1) If a member, other than an ex‑officio member: (a) becomes bankrupt, applies to take the benefit of any law for the relief of bankrupt or insolvent debtors, compounds with creditors or makes an assignment of remuneration for their benefit; (b) is absent without leave of the Council from 3 consecutive meetings of the Council; the Governor‑General shall remove the member from office. > Note: A member can also be removed from office under section 30 of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 (which deals with terminating the appointment of an accountable authority, or a member of an accountable authority, for contravening general duties of officials). (2) Section 30 of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 applies to an election of a member under paragraph 8(1)(b) or (c) of this Act as if the election were an appointment by the Council. > Note: This enables the Council to remove from office an elected member if the member fails to comply with the general duties of officials under the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013.