SCHEDULE 1 - Provisions with r SCHEDULE 1 - Provisions with respect to the membership and meetings of the Commission

Section 7

1.   Interpretation

*[Schedule 1 Clause 1 amended by No. 5 of 1990, s. 3 and Sched. 1 ]*In this Schedule, appointed member means a member of the Commission appointed by the Governor.

2.   Term of office

(1) An appointed member holds office as a member of the Commission for a term of 3 years, unless he sooner vacates office under this Schedule.

(2) The Governor may remove an appointed member of the Commission from office if he is satisfied that that member –

(a) has become incapable of carrying out his duties;

(b) has misconducted himself in the performance of the duties of his office;

(c) has, without leave of the Commission, been absent from 3 or more consecutive meetings of the Commission;

(d) has applied to take, or takes, advantage of any law relating to bankruptcy, or has compounded or entered into an arrangement with his creditors; or

(e) has been convicted in this State of a crime or an offence that is punishable by imprisonment for a term of 12 months or more, or has been convicted of a crime or an offence which would, if committed in this State, be a crime or an offence so punishable, or has been convicted, whether in this State or elsewhere, of a crime or offence for which he has been sentenced to imprisonment.

(3) Where an appointed member of the Commission dies or ceases to hold office otherwise than by reason of the effluxion of time, the Governor may appoint a person to fill the office for the remainder of the term for which the vacating member was so appointed.

(4) An appointed member may, by instrument in writing under his hand addressed to the Governor, apply to resign from office, and he vacates that office on the acceptance of the application by the Governor.

3.   Remuneration of members