Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts18. Vacation or termination of office of member
(1) A member of the Council vacates the member's office if -
(a) the member's term of office expires;
(b) the member becomes bankrupt, applies to take the benefit of a law for the relief of bankrupt or insolvent debtors, compounds with the member's creditors or makes an assignment of the member's remuneration for their benefit;
(c) the member is found guilty by a court in the Territory of an offence punishable by imprisonment for 12 months or more or is found guilty by a court outside the Territory of an offence which, if committed against a law in force in the Territory, would be an offence punishable by imprisonment for 12 months or more;
(d) the member becomes an involuntary patient within the meaning of the Mental Health and Related Services Act or receives involuntary treatment under an interim community management order or a community management order under Part 7 of that Act or is similarly admitted or treated under a law of a State or another Territory of the Commonwealth which provides for the care and treatment of people with mental illness;
(e) the member is absent from 3 consecutive meetings of the Council of which reasonable notice has been given to the member personally or by post, except if he or she is on leave granted by the Council;
(f) the member resigns the member's office by writing signed by the member and delivered to the Director;
(g) the member ceases to be qualified for nomination or election under section 10(3) or ceases to be eligible for appointment under section 11;
(h) the member is disqualified from acting as a Director of a company or managing corporations under Part 2D.6 of the Corporations Act 2001; or
(j) subject to a resolution of the Council to the contrary, the member knowingly contravenes or fails to comply with a code of conduct that applies to the member.
(2) Subject to subsection (3), the Council may terminate a member's appointment if it is satisfied that the member has not carried out his or her duties under section 17A.
(3) The Council can only exercise its power under subsection (2) if at least two-thirds of the members of the Council agree at a meeting that the member has not carried out his or her duties under section 17A.