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Judicial Misbehaviour and Incapacity (Parliamentary Commissions) Act 2012
73Termination, or cessation, of appointment
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#### 73 Termination, or cessation, of appointment
(1) A member’s appointment may be terminated on any of the following grounds:
(a) the member’s misbehaviour or physical or mental incapacity (within the ordinary meaning of those words);
(b) the member:
(i) becomes bankrupt; or
(ii) applies to take the benefit of any law for the relief of bankrupt or insolvent debtors; or
(iii) compounds with his or her creditors; or
(iv) makes an assignment of his or her remuneration for the benefit of his or her creditors;
(c) the member engages in paid employment that conflicts or may conflict with the proper performance of his or her duties (see section 70);
(d) the member fails, without reasonable excuse, to comply with section 74 (disclosure of interests by members).
(2) A member’s appointment is terminated by force of this subsection if:
(a) each House of the Parliament passes, in the same session, a resolution on a ground referred to in subsection (1); and
(b) the ground on which the member’s appointment is to be terminated is the same in each resolution.
Member who becomes Commonwealth or State judicial officer
(5) If a member becomes a Commonwealth or State judicial officer, he or she ceases to be a member at the same time.