Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts

DRUGS OF DEPENDENCE ACT 1989 - SECT 138

The Minister shall terminate the appointment of a member—

        (a)     if the member is appointed in his or her capacity as a lawyer, and the member ceases to be a lawyer; or

        (b)     for physical or mental incapacity; or

        (c)     for misbehaviour; or

        (d)     if, on 3 consecutive occasions, on notice from the presiding member of the panel to which the member was appointed, the member fails, without leave granted by the Minister, to make himself or herself available for a proposed meeting of the panel; or

        (e)     the member is convicted, in Australia or elsewhere, of an offence punishable on conviction by imprisonment for not less than 1 year; or

        (f)     the Minister becomes aware that the member has been convicted in Australia or elsewhere, at any time in the 5 years previous to the member's appointment, of an offence punishable on conviction by imprisonment for not less than 1 year.