Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY (SELF-GOVERNMENT) ACT 1988 - SECT 14

             (1)  A member vacates office if the member:

                     (a)  at any time after the beginning of the first meeting of the Assembly after a general election, is not qualified to take a seat as a member;

                     (b)  is absent without permission of the Assembly from:

                              (i)  such number of consecutive meetings as is specified by enactment for the purposes of this subparagraph; or

                             (ii)  if no such enactment is in force--4 consecutive meetings of the Assembly; or

                     (c)  takes or agrees to take, directly or indirectly, any remuneration, allowance, honorarium or reward for services rendered in the Assembly, otherwise than under section 73.

             (2)  A person who has vacated an office of member may be re‑elected.

             (3)  Paragraph (1)(c) does not apply to a superannuation scheme:

                     (a)  that is established by or under an enactment; and

                     (b)  under which any or all of the following benefits are provided:

                              (i)  benefits for a person upon ceasing to hold an office of member;

                             (ii)  benefits for a person who is or was a member in the event of the permanent or temporary disability of the person;

                            (iii)  benefits for dependants of a person who is or was a member in the event of the death of the person.

             (4)  In subsection (3):

"dependant" has the same meaning as in the Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993 .