16Vacation of office of Council member

16 Vacation of office of Council member A member of the Council vacates the member's office if: (a) the term of office expires; or (b) the member gives the Director a signed notice of resignation; or (c) the member ceases to be eligible under section 11 to hold office; or (d) the member is absent from 3 consecutive meetings of the Council of which the member has been given reasonable notice and the Council has not approved the absence; or (e) the Council resolves the office is vacated because: (i) at least two-thirds of all of the other Council members agree at a meeting that the member, in exercising a power or performing a function of the office, has not complied with section 25; or (ii) the Council is satisfied the member has knowingly contravened a code of conduct applicable to the member; or (iii) the Council is satisfied the member is of unsound mind; or

Part 3 Administration of Institute Division 1 Council Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education Act 1999 13 (f) the member is found guilty: (i) by a court in the Territory of an offence punishable by imprisonment for 12 months or more; or (ii) by a court outside the Territory of an offence which, if committed against a law in force in the Territory, would be punishable by imprisonment for 12 months or more; or (g) the member becomes bankrupt, applies to take the benefit of a law for the relief of bankrupt or insolvent debtors, compounds with the member's creditors or makes an assignment of the member's remuneration for their benefit; or (h) the member is disqualified from acting as a director of a company or managing corporations under Part 2D.6 of the Corporations Act 2001.