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Surveyors Act 2003
sec.19Vacation of office
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### sec.19 Vacation of office
A member is taken to have vacated office if the member—
dies; or
resigns his or her office on the board by signed notice of resignation given to the Minister; or
can not continue as a member under section 16 ; or
is absent without the board’s permission, or the Minister’s approval given under section 22 (1) , from 3 consecutive ordinary meetings of the board of which proper notice has been given; or
was appointed because the member had particular qualifications or experience, or held a particular type of position, and the member stops having the qualifications or experience or holding a position of that type.
Subsection (1) (e) does not apply if, despite the member no longer having the qualifications or experience or holding a position of that type, the membership of the board still complies with section 12 (2) .
In this section—
meeting , of the board, means the following—
if the member does not attend—a meeting with a quorum present;
if the member attends—a meeting with or without a quorum present.
s 19 amd 2010 No. 12 s 221 ; 2019 No. 17 s 72
(sec.19-ssec.1) A member is taken to have vacated office if the member— dies; or resigns his or her office on the board by signed notice of resignation given to the Minister; or can not continue as a member under section 16 ; or is absent without the board’s permission, or the Minister’s approval given under section 22 (1) , from 3 consecutive ordinary meetings of the board of which proper notice has been given; or was appointed because the member had particular qualifications or experience, or held a particular type of position, and the member stops having the qualifications or experience or holding a position of that type.
(sec.19-ssec.2) Subsection (1) (e) does not apply if, despite the member no longer having the qualifications or experience or holding a position of that type, the membership of the board still complies with section 12 (2) .
(sec.19-ssec.3) In this section— meeting , of the board, means the following— if the member does not attend—a meeting with a quorum present; if the member attends—a meeting with or without a quorum present.
- (a) dies; or
- (b) resigns his or her office on the board by signed notice of resignation given to the Minister; or
- (c) can not continue as a member under section 16 ; or
- (d) is absent without the board’s permission, or the Minister’s approval given under section 22 (1) , from 3 consecutive ordinary meetings of the board of which proper notice has been given; or
- (e) was appointed because the member had particular qualifications or experience, or held a particular type of position, and the member stops having the qualifications or experience or holding a position of that type.
- (a) if the member does not attend—a meeting with a quorum present;
- (b) if the member attends—a meeting with or without a quorum present.