76ETermination of appointment

##### 76E Termination of appointment (1) The Governor‑General may, by instrument signed by him, terminate the appointment of a person to an office of Secretary. (2) The power of the Governor‑General to terminate an appointment under subsection (1) shall be exercised only in accordance with advice that is consistent with a recommendation by the Prime Minister. (3) The Prime Minister shall not recommend, for the purposes of subsection (2), that an appointment to an office of Secretary be terminated unless the Prime Minister has received a written report in relation to the termination from: (a) in the case of the office of Secretary to the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet—the Commissioner; and (b) in any other case—the Secretary to the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. (4) Where the appointment of a person to an office is terminated under subsection (1), the office becomes vacant and, unless the person continues to hold another office of Secretary, the person becomes an unattached officer. (5) In subsection (1), office of Secretary does not include an office to or in relation to which section 9 applies.