sec.667Vacancy in office of member

### sec.667 Vacancy in office of member The office of a member of the Board becomes vacant if the member— completes a term of office; or resigns the office by signed notice given to the responsible Ministers; or has been found guilty of an offence, whether in a participating jurisdiction or elsewhere, that the responsible Ministers consider renders the member unfit to continue to hold the office of member; or becomes bankrupt, applies to take the benefit of any law for the relief of bankrupt or insolvent debtors, compounds with the member’s creditors or makes an assignment of the member’s remuneration for their benefit; or is absent, without leave first being granted by the relevant entity, from 3 or more consecutive meetings of the Board of which reasonable notice has been given to the member personally or by post; or is removed from office by the Queensland Minister under this section; or dies. The Queensland Minister may remove a member of the Board from office if the responsible Ministers recommend the removal of the member on the basis that the member has engaged in misconduct or has failed to or is unable to properly exercise the member’s functions as a member of the Board. In this section— relevant entity means— for a member who is the Chairperson of the Board—the responsible Ministers; or for another member—the Chairperson of the Board. sch s 667 sub 2013 No. 4 s 12 amd 2025 No. 26 s 139 (uncommenced amendment) (sec.667-ssec.1) The office of a member of the Board becomes vacant if the member— completes a term of office; or resigns the office by signed notice given to the responsible Ministers; or has been found guilty of an offence, whether in a participating jurisdiction or elsewhere, that the responsible Ministers consider renders the member unfit to continue to hold the office of member; or becomes bankrupt, applies to take the benefit of any law for the relief of bankrupt or insolvent debtors, compounds with the member’s creditors or makes an assignment of the member’s remuneration for their benefit; or is absent, without leave first being granted by the relevant entity, from 3 or more consecutive meetings of the Board of which reasonable notice has been given to the member personally or by post; or is removed from office by the Queensland Minister under this section; or dies. (sec.667-ssec.2) The Queensland Minister may remove a member of the Board from office if the responsible Ministers recommend the removal of the member on the basis that the member has engaged in misconduct or has failed to or is unable to properly exercise the member’s functions as a member of the Board. (sec.667-ssec.3) In this section— relevant entity means— for a member who is the Chairperson of the Board—the responsible Ministers; or for another member—the Chairperson of the Board. - (a) completes a term of office; or - (b) resigns the office by signed notice given to the responsible Ministers; or - (c) has been found guilty of an offence, whether in a participating jurisdiction or elsewhere, that the responsible Ministers consider renders the member unfit to continue to hold the office of member; or - (d) becomes bankrupt, applies to take the benefit of any law for the relief of bankrupt or insolvent debtors, compounds with the member’s creditors or makes an assignment of the member’s remuneration for their benefit; or - (e) is absent, without leave first being granted by the relevant entity, from 3 or more consecutive meetings of the Board of which reasonable notice has been given to the member personally or by post; or - (f) is removed from office by the Queensland Minister under this section; or - (g) dies. - (a) for a member who is the Chairperson of the Board—the responsible Ministers; or - (b) for another member—the Chairperson of the Board.