26GRemoval from office for breach of duty

26G Removal from office for breach of duty

26G Removal from office for breach of duty

(1) The Senate may remove a Fellow from office for breach of a duty set out in Schedule 2A.

(2) The removal from office may be effected only at a meeting of the Senate of which notice (including notice of the motion that the Fellow concerned be removed from office for breach of duty) was duly given.

(3) The removal from office may be effected only if the motion for removal is supported by at least a two-thirds majority of the total number of Fellows for the time being.

(4) The motion for removal must not be put to the vote of the meeting unless the Fellow concerned has been given a reasonable opportunity to reply to the motion at the meeting, either orally or in writing.

(5) If the Fellow to whom the motion for removal refers does not attend the meeting, a reasonable opportunity to reply to the motion is taken to have been given if notice of the meeting has been duly given.

(6) A Fellow may not be removed from office by the Senate for breach of duty except pursuant to this section.

pt 4A (ss 26F, 26G): Ins 2004 No 115, Sch 7 [8].