New South Wales Consolidated Acts

ABORIGINAL LAND RIGHTS ACT 1983 - SECT 78C

78C Filling of vacancy in position of chief executive officer

(1) If a vacancy occurs in the position of chief executive officer, the Local Aboriginal Land Council must immediately appoint a person under section 78A to the vacant position or appoint a person to act in the vacant position.

(2) A vacancy occurs in the position of chief executive officer if the chief executive officer:

(a) dies, or

(b) completes the term of his or her contract and is not re-appointed, or

(c) resigns from the position, or

(d) becomes a mentally incapacitated person and is removed from the position by the Council because of that mental incapacity, or

(e) is removed from the position on a ground set out in section 78B or for any other reason.