4Vacation of office

4 Vacation of office

4 Vacation of office

(1) An appointed member shall be deemed to have vacated office if—

(a) for any cause which appears to the Governor sufficient the member is removed from office by the Governor,

(b) the member becomes bankrupt, or compounds with his or her creditors,

(c) the member becomes a mentally ill person, a protected person, or an incapable person within the meaning of the Mental Health Act 1958,

(d) the member is convicted in New South Wales of an indictable offence that is punishable by imprisonment for 12 months or more or is convicted elsewhere than in New South Wales of an indictable offence that if committed in New South Wales would be an offence so punishable, or

(e) the member resigns office by writing under the member’s hand addressed to the Governor.

(2) Where a vacancy occurs in the office of an appointed member the Governor may, on the nomination of the person who nominated the member in whose office the vacancy has occurred, appoint a person to fill the vacant office.

s 4: Am 1999 No 94, Sch 4.96.