Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) A deputy director is liable to be suspended without payment of salary or allowances (if any) or removed from office, in accordance with this Act, if the deputy director commits a breach of the conditions upon which the deputy director is for the time being employed in that office.
(2) The Minister may, by notice signed by the Minister and given to the person to whose suspension it relates, suspend without payment of salary or allowances (if any) from office any deputy director who is liable thereto under subsection (1).
(3) Where the Minister has given a notice of suspension under subsection (2) the Minister shall, within 14 days after the giving of the notice--
(a) furnish to the Governor in Council notification of the suspension and a statement setting out clearly and fully the grounds for the suspension; and
(b) cause a copy of the statement referred to in paragraph (a) to be given to the person who has been suspended from office and invite that person to show cause in writing to the Minister (in accordance with subsection (4)) why the person should not be removed from office or otherwise dealt with in accordance with section 22.
(4) The person suspended from office is entitled to show cause as referred to in subsection (3) within 14 days after the person has received the copy statement referred to in that subsection or within such longer period as the Minister may allow in a particular case.