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Crimes (Sentence Administration) Act 2005
178Ending board member appointments
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178 Ending board member appointments
(1) The Minister may end the appointment of a board member—
(a) if the member contravenes a territory law; or
(b) for misbehaviour; or
(c) if the member becomes bankrupt or personally insolvent; or
Note Bankrupt or personally insolvent—see the Legislation Act,
dictionary, pt 1.
(d) if the member is convicted, in the ACT, of an offence punishable
by imprisonment for at least 1 year; or
(e) if the member is convicted outside the ACT, in Australia or
elsewhere, of an offence that, if it had been committed in the
ACT, would be punishable by imprisonment for at least 1 year;
or
(f) if the member contravenes section 177 (Disclosure of interests
by board members).
Note A member’s appointment also ends if the member resigns (see
Legislation Act, s 210).
(2) The Minister must end the appointment of a board member—
(a) if the member is absent from 3 consecutive meetings of the
board (other than a meeting of a division of the board), without
leave approved by the Minister; or
(b) if the member is assigned to a division of the board and is absent
from 3 consecutive meetings of the division without leave
approved by the chair; or
(c) if the member fails to take all reasonable steps to avoid being
placed in a position where a conflict of interest arises during the
exercise of the member’s functions; or
(d) for physical or mental incapacity, if the incapacity substantially
affects the exercise of the member’s functions; or
(e) for a judicial member, if the member is no longer a judicially
qualified person.
judicially qualified—see section 174 (8) (Appointment of board
members).