50When supplementary member ceases to hold office

50 When supplementary member ceases to hold office

(1)  A person appointed under section 48(1) ceases to be a supplementary senior member or a supplementary ordinary member if –

(a) where the person was appointed –

(i) on the basis that the person satisfied the requirement of section 48(2)(a)  – the person ceases to be an Australian lawyer of not less than 5 years’ standing as an Australian legal practitioner; or

(ii) on the basis that the person held a particular qualification or an authority to engage in a profession – the person ceases to hold that qualification or authority; or

(iii) [Section 50 Subsection (1) amended by No. 17 of 2021, s. 12, Applied:05 Nov 2021] on the basis that the person is to be designated, under the Health Practitioners Tribunal Act 2010 , as a professional member, or a community member, for proceedings, if the person ceases under that Act to be a professional member, or community member, respectively; or

(b) the person resigns by written notice to the Minister; or

(c) the person completes a term of office as such a member and is not appointed again to the office for a term beginning immediately after the end of the term of office that is completed; or

(d) the appointment of the person as a supplementary senior member or a supplementary ordinary member is revoked under subsection (2) ; or

(e) the person dies.

(2)  The Governor may at any time revoke the appointment of a person under section 48(1) .

(3)  The Minister must, before the appointment of a person under section 48(1) is revoked under subsection (2) , consult with the President.