New South Wales Consolidated Acts

HEALTH CARE COMPLAINTS ACT 1993 - SECT 68

68 Vacancies

(1) A member of the Joint Committee ceases to hold office:

(a) when the Legislative Assembly is dissolved or expires by the effluxion of time, or

(b) if the member becomes a Minister of the Crown or a Parliamentary Secretary, or

(c) if a member ceases to be a member of the Legislative Council or Legislative Assembly, or

(d) if, being a member of the Legislative Council, the member resigns the office by instrument in writing addressed to the President of the Legislative Council, or

(e) if, being a member of the Legislative Assembly, the member resigns the office by instrument in writing addressed to the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, or

(f) if the member is discharged from office by the House of Parliament to which the member belongs.

(2) Either House of Parliament may appoint one of its members to fill a vacancy among the members of the Joint Committee appointed by that House.