Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) An officer of, or an employee in, the parliamentary service may elect to retire from the parliamentary service on or after turning 55.
(2) If the Clerk suspects on reasonable grounds that a person, being an officer of or employee in the parliamentary service, by reason of mental or physical infirmity has not the capacity or is unfit--
(a) to discharge efficiently his or her duties; and
(b) to discharge efficiently any other duties that the Clerk might reasonably direct the officer or employee to discharge;
the Clerk shall obtain medical opinion on that person's condition and to that end may appoint any medical practitioner or medical practitioners to examine that person and report to whomsoever the Clerk directs upon that person's mental or physical condition or both and may direct that person to submit himself or herself to such examination.
(3) If the Speaker believes on reasonable grounds that a person, being an officer of or employee in the parliamentary service by reason of mental or physical infirmity has not the capacity or is unfit as prescribed by subsection (2), the Speaker may call upon that person to retire from the parliamentary service within a time specified by the Speaker.
(4) If a person called upon pursuant to subsection (3) to retire does not retire within the time specified, the Speaker may dismiss the person from the parliamentary service.