South Australian Consolidated Acts South Australian Consolidated Acts14—Term of service of Legislative Councillors
(1) Subject to this
Act, a member of the Legislative Council shall occupy the member's seat until
required to retire in accordance with this section.
(2) Subject to
subsection (3), whenever the House of Assembly is dissolved by the
Governor (otherwise than in pursuance of section 41) or expires by
effluxion of time, 11 members of the Legislative Council shall retire and an
election to supply the resulting vacancies shall take place at the time of the
general election of members of the House of Assembly.
(3) A member of the
Legislative Council is not required to retire under subsection (2)
unless—
(a) in
the case of a member elected at an election held upon dissolution of the
Legislative Council under section 41—3 years have elapsed from the
first day of March in the year in which that election was held;
(b) in
any other case—6 years have elapsed from the first day of March in the
year in which the member was last elected.
(4) The seat of a
member of the Legislative Council who is required to retire under
subsection (2) is automatically vacated on the dissolution or expiry of
the House of Assembly without the necessity of any action on the part of the
retiring member.