(c) holds office on such other terms and conditions specified in the instrument of appointment.
(2) The remuneration and allowances specified in the instrument of appointment for the Implementation Monitor may not be reduced without the written agreement of the Implementation Monitor.
(3) Any remuneration and allowance payable to the Implementation Monitor under this Act is to be paid out of the Public Account.
(4) The Public Account is appropriated to the extent necessary for the purpose of subclause (3) .
(1) A person appointed as Implementation Monitor vacates that office if the person –
(a) dies; or
(b) resigns, by written notice to the Governor; or
(c) is removed from that office under this clause.
(2) The Governor may suspend, or remove, the Implementation Monitor from that office if the Governor is satisfied that the Implementation Monitor –
(a) is incapable of properly performing the functions and exercising the powers of that office; or
(b) is incompetent in the performance of the functions, or the exercise of the powers, of that office; or
(c) no longer meets the requirements of section 6(2) or would no longer satisfactorily complete the checks prescribed under that subsection; or
(d) has nominated for election for the Parliament of the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory; or
(e) has become bankrupt, applied to take the benefit of any law for the relief of bankrupt or insolvent debtors, compounds with the Implementation Monitor’s creditors or makes an assignment of the Implementation Monitor’s remuneration or estate for their benefit; or
(f) has neglected to perform the functions, or exercise the powers, of that office; or
(g) is charged with or convicted of, in Tasmania or elsewhere –
(i) a crime; or
(ii) an offence punishable by imprisonment for a term of 12 months, or longer, or a fine of 300 penalty units or more; or
(h) has engaged in conduct, or has been found guilty of conduct or an attempt to engage in conduct, of such a nature that the Governor considers that the Implementation Monitor is unsuitable to continue to hold the office.
(3) In addition to the power of the Governor to suspend or remove the Implementation Monitor under subclause (2) , the Minister may suspend the Implementation Monitor if –
(a) the Minister is satisfied that the Implementation Monitor has met the requirements of subclause (2)(g) or (h) ; and
(b) each House of Parliament has approved the suspension of the Implementation Monitor in respect of the matter.
(4) If a person has been suspended, or removed, from the office of Implementation Monitor under this clause, the Minister must cause a statement setting out the grounds for the suspension, or removal, to be laid before each House of Parliament during the first 5 sitting-days of that House following the suspension or such longer period allowed by resolution of the House of Parliament before which it is laid.
(5) For the avoidance of doubt, the Implementation Monitor cannot be suspended, or removed, from that office otherwise than in accordance with this clause.
4. Defect does not invalidate appointment
An appointment of a person to the office of Implementation Monitor is not invalid solely on the basis of a defect or irregularity in relation to that appointment.