15Vacation of office

#### 15 Vacation of office (1) If a member of the Council (other than an ex officio member): (a) becomes disqualified under section 11 from remaining a member of the Council; or (b) dies; or (c) resigns from membership of the Council; or (d) is absent without leave of the Council from 3 consecutive meetings of the Council; or (g) in the case of a member referred to in paragraph 10(1)(k), (l), (m), (n), (o) or (p)—ceases to be qualified to be elected as mentioned in the paragraph concerned; or (i) becomes a Deputy Vice‑Chancellor of the University under section 35; or (j) is or becomes disqualified from managing corporations under Part 2D.6 of the Corporations Act 2001; or (k) has, in the Council’s opinion formed by resolution passed as mentioned in subsection (1A) or subsection 13(4), breached his or her duties under Subdivision A of Division 3 of Part 2‑2 of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 as a member of the Council; or (l) is, in the Council’s opinion, incapable (other than on a temporary basis) of performing his or her duties; the member’s office becomes vacant. (1A) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(k), the Council forms its opinion by resolution passed at a meeting of the Council if the resolution is passed at the meeting by at least a two‑thirds majority of the members of the Council. (2) If a person holding office as a member of the Council referred to in one of the paragraphs of subsection 10(1), other than paragraph (a) or (c), is, before otherwise ceasing to hold that office, appointed to the office of: (a) Chancellor; or (c) Vice‑Chancellor; that person ceases, upon being so appointed, to hold that first‑mentioned office.