UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE ACT 1989 - SECT 21G
Removal from office for breach of duty
UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE ACT 1989 - SECT 21G
Removal from office for breach of duty
21G Removal from office for breach of duty
(1) The Council may remove a member of the Council from office for breach of a
duty set out in Schedule 2A.
(2) The removal from office may be effected only
at a meeting of the Council of which notice (including notice of the motion
that the member concerned be removed from office for breach of duty) was duly
given.
(3) The removal from office may be effected only if the motion for
removal is supported by at least a two-thirds majority of the
total number of members for the time being of the Council.
(4) The motion for
removal must not be put to the vote of the meeting unless the member concerned
has been given a reasonable opportunity to reply to the motion at the meeting,
either orally or in writing.
(5) If the member to whom the motion for removal
refers does not attend the meeting, a reasonable opportunity to reply to the
motion is taken to have been given if notice of the meeting has been duly
given.
(6) A member of the Council may not be removed from office by the
Council for breach of duty except pursuant to this section.
