New South Wales Consolidated Acts

RURAL LANDS PROTECTION ACT 1998 - SECT 55I

55I Auditor’s term of office

(1) An authority’s auditor holds office for 4 years and, if otherwise qualified, is eligible for reappointment subject to this section.

(2) The office of auditor becomes vacant if the auditor:

(a) dies, or

(b) completes a term of office and is not reappointed, or

(c) ceases to be qualified to hold office as an auditor or becomes a disqualified person within the meaning of section 55H, or

(d) resigns office by notice in writing addressed to the authority, or

(e) becomes a mentally incapacitated person, or

(f) becomes bankrupt, applies to take the benefit of any law for the relief of bankrupt or insolvent debtors, compounds with his or her creditors or makes an assignment of his or her remuneration for their benefit, or

(g) is convicted in New South Wales of an offence that is punishable by imprisonment for 12 months or more or is convicted elsewhere than in New South Wales of an offence that, if committed in New South Wales, would be an offence so punishable, or

(h) is removed by the authority in accordance with this section.

(3) The authority may remove an auditor from office only with the consent of the State Council.

(4) Without limiting subsection (3), the authority, with the consent of the State Council, may remove an auditor from office for a failure by the auditor to comply with a requirement placed on the auditor by Division 4A.

(5) If the office of auditor becomes vacant, the authority must, in accordance with sections 55G and 55H, appoint a qualified person to fill the vacancy.