Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts7. Resignation and termination of membership
(1) A member may resign office by writing signed by or on behalf of him or her and delivered to the Administrator.
(2) A resignation by a member delivered in accordance with subsection (1) does not have effect until it is accepted by the Administrator.
(3) The Administrator may remove a member from office for incompetence or misbehaviour.
(4) The Administrator shall remove a member from office if the member -
(a) becomes bankrupt, applies to take the benefit of a 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;
(b) is, without leave granted by the Authority, absent from 3 consecutive meetings of the Authority of which reasonable notice has been given personally or in the ordinary course of post;
(c) is the subject of a report of the Chief Health Officer, based on advice from 2 medical practitioners, that as a result of the member's mental illness, as defined in the Mental Health and Related Services Act , he or she has become incapable of performing his or her duties as a member and is unlikely to be able to perform them for the remainder of his or her term of appointment; or
(d) becomes permanently incapable of performing his or her duties as a member.