SPORTING INJURIES INSURANCE ACT 1978 - SCHEDULE 4A
SPORTING INJURIES INSURANCE ACT 1978 - SCHEDULE 4A
SCHEDULE 4A – Provisions relating to chief executive
1 Term of office
Subject to this Schedule, a person appointed as chief executive holds office for such period (not exceeding 5 years) as may be specified in the person's instrument of appointment.
2 Remuneration
The chief executive is entitled to be paid such remuneration (including travelling and subsistence allowances) as the Minister may determine.
3 Vacancy in office of chief executive
(1) The office of chief executive becomes vacant if the holder of that office:(a) dies, or(b) completes a term of office and is not re-appointed, or(c) resigns the office by instrument in writing addressed to the Minister, or(d) is removed from office under clause 4, or(e) 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(f) becomes a mentally incapacitated person, 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.
(2) If the office of chief executive becomes vacant, a person is, subject to this Act, to be appointed to fill the vacancy.
4 Removal from office
The Minister may remove the chief executive from office at any time for any or no stated reason and without notice.
5 Acting chief executive
(1) The Minister may appoint a person to act in the office of chief executive during the illness or absence of the chief executive or during a vacancy in the office of chief executive. The person, while so acting, has all the functions of the chief executive and is taken to be the chief executive.
(2) The Minister may remove a person from any office to which the person was appointed under this clause at any time for any or no stated reason and without notice.
(3) A person while acting in the office of chief executive is entitled to be paid such remuneration (including travelling and subsistence allowances) as the Minister may determine in respect of the person.
6 Status of chief executive
(1) The office of chief executive is a statutory office and the provisions of the Government Sector Employment Act 2013 relating to the employment of Public Service employees do not apply to the chief executive.
(2) The chief executive is, for the purposes of section 73 of that Act, taken to be the holder of a position in a government sector agency.