6Vacation of office

6 Vacation of office

6 Vacation of office

(1) The Crown Advocate shall be deemed to have vacated the office of Crown Advocate:

(a) if the Crown Advocate is removed from office by the Governor pursuant to subsection (2),

(b) if the Crown Advocate becomes bankrupt, applies to take the benefit of any law for the relief of bankrupt or insolvent debtors, compounds with his or her creditors or makes an assignment of his or her remuneration, allowances or estate for their benefit,

(c) if the Crown Advocate becomes a temporary patient, a continued treatment patient, a protected person or an incapable person within the meaning of the Mental Health Act 1958 or a person under detention under Part 7 of that Act,

(d) if the Crown Advocate resigns the office by instrument in writing addressed to the Governor, or

(e) (Repealed)

(f) if the Crown Advocate engages (whether in New South Wales or elsewhere) during the Crown Advocate’s term of office in any paid employment or in any remunerated practice of law outside the duties of the office.

(g) (Repealed)

(2) The Governor may, for any cause which appears to the Governor to be sufficient, remove the Crown Advocate from office.

(3) (Repealed)

s 6: Am 1980 No 187, Sch 1; 1990 No 44, sec 4; 1990 No 99, Sch 4.