Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) A member of the council shall be taken to have vacated the member's office if the member--
(a) dies; or
(b) resigns the member's office by written notice given to the Minister; or
(c) is absent from 3 consecutive meetings of the council and is not excused by the council for the member's absence at any time before the end of the meeting next following the third absence; or
(d) is removed from office by the Governor in Council.
(2) The Governor in Council may remove any member of the council from office as such for any cause that appears to the Governor in Council to be sufficient.
(3) When a vacancy happens in the office of a member of the council before the expiration of the member's term of appointment the Governor in Council may appoint in the member's place as member a person having a like qualification for membership of the council to that of the person's predecessor.
(4) Unless the person sooner vacates the person's office as prescribed by this Act, the person appointed shall hold office as a member of the council for the balance of the person's predecessor's term of office.