Commonwealth Numbered Acts

NORFOLK ISLAND ACT 1979 No. 25, 1979 - SECT 39

39. (1) A person is not qualified to be a candidate for election as a member
of the Legislative Assembly if, at the date of nomination-

   (a)  he is an undischarged bankrupt;

   (b)  he has been convicted and is under sentence of imprisonment for one
        year or longer for an offence against the law of the Commonwealth or
        of a State or Territory;

   (c)  he is a member of the Police Force of the Territory or of the
        Commonwealth; or

   (d)  he is the holder of an office or appointment under a law of the
        Commonwealth or of the Territory, being an office or appointment that
        is prescribed for the purposes of this paragraph.

(2) A member of the Legislative Assembly vacates his office if-

   (a)  he becomes a person to whom any of the paragraphs of sub-section (1)
        applies;

   (b)  he ceases to be a person who is an Australian citizen or who otherwise
        has the status of a British subject;

   (c)  he fails to attend the Legislative Assembly for 3 consecutive meetings
        of the Legislative Assembly without the permission of the Legislative
        Assembly;

   (d)  he ceases to be entitled, or qualified to become entitled, to vote at
        elections of members of the Legislative Assembly; or

   (e)  he takes or agrees to take, directly or indirectly, any remuneration,
        allowance, honorarium or reward for services rendered in the
        Legislative Assembly, otherwise than in accordance with section 65.

(3) A member of the Legislative Assembly who is a party to, or has a direct or
indirect interest in, a contract made by or on behalf of the Commonwealth or
the Administration under which goods or services are to be supplied to the
Commonwealth or the Administration shall not take part in a discussion of a
matter, or vote on a question, in the Legislative Assembly where the matter or
question relates directly or indirectly to that contract.

(4) Any question concerning the application of sub-section (3) shall be
decided by the Legislative Assembly, and a contravention of that sub-section
does not affect the validity of anything done by the Legislative Assembly.