15DNon-public servant analysts—suspension or cancellation

15D Non-public servant analysts—suspension or cancellation of appointment (1) This section applies to a person who is not a public servant and who is appointed as an analyst. (2) The director-general may suspend the person’s appointment for no longer than 1 year, or cancel the person’s appointment, (the proposed action) if satisfied, on reasonable grounds, that— (a) the person has breached a condition of the person’s appointment; or (b) the person has otherwise contravened an Act mentioned in section 15A (1) or another territory law under which the person exercises a function; or (c) the person is not a suitable person to hold the appointment because of misbehaviour or physical or mental incapacity. Note The person’s appointment also ends if the person resigns (see Legislation Act, s 210).

(3) Before suspending or cancelling the appointment, the director-general must give the person a written notice— (a) stating the grounds on which the director-general proposes to take the proposed action; and (b) stating the facts that, in the director-general’s opinion, establish the grounds; and (c) stating the proposed action; and (d) telling the person that the person may, within 14 days beginning the day after receiving the notice, give a written response to the director-general about the matters in the notice. (4) In deciding whether to suspend or cancel the appointment the director-general must consider any response given to the director-general under subsection (3) (d). (5) If the director-general is satisfied that grounds for taking action under this section have been established, the director-general may— (a) if the proposed action was to cancel the appointment—either cancel the appointment or suspend the appointment for a period of not longer than 1 year; or (b) if the proposed action was to suspend the appointment for a stated period—suspend the appointment for a period of not longer than that period. (6) The director-general must give the person written notice of the director-general’s decision. (7) The director-general’s decision takes effect on the day that notice of the director-general’s decision is given to the person or, if the notice states a later date of effect, that date.