NTIn ForceAct
Interpretation Act 1978
44Power to appoint includes power to remove
Start here
Get a plain-English read of 44
Turn the raw legal text into a practical explanation grounded in Interpretation Act 1978.
44 Power to appoint includes power to remove
(1) Subject to subsection (3), where an Act confers on any person or
authority a power to make appointments to any office or position,
the power shall be construed as including a power to terminate
such an appointment or to remove or suspend any person
appointed.
(3) Where a power to make appointments to an office or position is
exercisable only upon the recommendation or subject to the
approval or consent of some other person or authority, the power of
termination or removal referred to in subsection (1) is exercisable
only upon the recommendation or subject to the approval or
consent of that other person or authority.