LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 2007 - SECT 666
Termination of appointment
LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 2007 - SECT 666
Termination of appointment
666 Termination of appointment
(1) The Chief Justice may end the appointment of a board member if the member
is absent without the board’s permission from 3 consecutive meetings of the
board of which proper notice has been given.
(2) The Chief Justice must end
the appointment of a board member if the member—
(a) is an insolvent under
administration; or
(b) is convicted of a serious offence; or
(c) is
convicted of an offence against a relevant law or a corresponding law; or
(d)
if the person was appointed because the person was a solicitor—stops being a
solicitor; or
(e) if the person was appointed because the person was a
barrister—stops being a barrister.
(3) In this section—
"meeting" means—
(a) if the member does not attend, a meeting with a quorum
present; or
(b) if the member attends, a meeting with or without a quorum
present.
