South Australian Consolidated Acts South Australian Consolidated Acts72A—Term of office of members of the Board
(1) Subject to this
Act, a member of the Board shall be appointed for such term of office, not
exceeding three years, as the Governor may determine and specifies in the
instrument of his appointment and, upon the expiration of his term of office,
he shall be eligible for reappointment.
(2) The
Governor—
(a) may
appoint a suitable person to be a temporary member of the Board for a period
not exceeding six months, and any such temporary member shall be entitled to
act as a member of the Board where there is a vacancy in its membership or
where a member of the Board is unable, or fails, for any reason, to act in his
capacity as such; and
(b) may
appoint a suitable person to be a deputy of a member of the Board, and any
person so appointed shall be entitled to act as a member of the Board where
the member of the Board of whom he has been appointed a deputy is unable, or
fails, for any reason, to act in his capacity as such.
(3) The Governor may
remove a member of the Board from office for—
(a)
mental or physical incapacity to perform satisfactorily the duties of the
office; or
(b)
neglect of duty; or
(c)
dishonourable conduct; or
(d) any
other cause considered sufficient by the Governor.
(4) The office of a
member of the Board shall become vacant if—
(a) he
dies; or
(b) his
term of office expires; or
(c) he
resigns by written notice to the Minister; or
(d) he
is removed from office by the Governor pursuant to subsection (3).
(5) Upon the office of
a member of the Board becoming vacant, a person shall be appointed in
accordance with this Act to the vacant office but, where the office of a
member of the Board becomes vacant before the expiration of the term for which
he was appointed, a person appointed to his place shall be appointed only for
the balance of the term of his predecessor.