62Removal from office—other members

#### 62 Removal from office—other members (1) This section applies to a member of the Disciplinary Tribunal other than the President or a Deputy President. (2) The Governor‑General may remove from office a member of the Disciplinary Tribunal to whom this section applies on an address praying for his or her removal on the ground of proved misbehaviour or incapacity being presented to the Governor‑General by each House of the Parliament in the same session of the Parliament. (3) The Governor‑General may suspend such a member of the Disciplinary Tribunal from office on the ground of proved misbehaviour or incapacity. (4) Where the Governor‑General suspends a member of the Disciplinary Tribunal from office under subsection (3), the Minister shall cause a statement of the grounds of the suspension to be laid before each House of the Parliament within 7 sitting days of that House after the suspension. (5) 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 member of the Disciplinary Tribunal should be removed from office and, if each House so passes such a resolution, the Governor‑General shall remove the member of the Disciplinary Tribunal from office. (6) 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. (7) The suspension of a member of the Disciplinary Tribunal from office under this section does not affect any entitlement of the member to be paid remuneration and allowances. (8) If a member of the Disciplinary Tribunal to whom this section applies becomes bankrupt, or if the affairs of such a member are being dealt with under Part X of the Bankruptcy Act 1966, the Governor‑General shall remove the member from office. (9) If a member of the Disciplinary Tribunal to whom this section applies ceases to possess the qualifications necessary for his or her appointment, the Governor‑General shall remove him or her from office. (10) Where the Governor‑General is satisfied that a member of the Disciplinary Tribunal to whom this section applies has failed, without reasonable excuse, to comply with his or her obligations under section 84, the Governor‑General shall remove him or her from office. (11) A member of the Disciplinary Tribunal to whom this section applies shall not be removed or suspended from office except as provided by this section.