208Termination of appointment

208 Termination of appointment

(1) The Minister may terminate the appointment of a Nature Repair Committee member: (a) for misbehaviour; or (b) if the member is unable to perform the duties of the member’s office because of physical or mental incapacity. (2) The Minister may terminate the appointment of a Nature Repair Committee member if: (a) 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 the member’s creditors; or (iv) makes an assignment of the member’s remuneration for the benefit of the member’s creditors; or (b) the member is absent, except on leave of absence, from 3 consecutive meetings of the Committee; or (c) the member engages in paid work that conflicts or could conflict with the proper performance of the member’s duties (see section 204); or (d) the member fails, without reasonable excuse, to comply with section 202 or 203 (which deal with the duty to disclose interests). (3) The Minister may terminate the appointment of the Chair of the Nature Repair Committee if the Chair is any of the following: (a) an employee of the Commonwealth; (b) an employee of an authority of the Commonwealth; (c) a person who holds a full‑time office under a law of the Commonwealth.