South Australian Consolidated Acts

LIBRARIES ACT 1982 - SECT 10

10—Terms and conditions of membership

        (1)         Subject to subsection (4), a member of the Board may be appointed for a term not exceeding four years as specified in the instrument of appointment and is eligible for re-appointment at the expiration of a term of appointment.

        (2)         The Governor may remove a member of the Board from office on the grounds of—

            (a)         mental or physical incapacity to carry out satisfactorily the duties of his office; or

            (b)         dishonourable conduct; or

            (c)         neglect of duty.

        (3)         The office of a member of the Board becomes vacant if—

            (a)         he dies; or

            (b)         his term of office expires; or

            (c)         he resigns by notice in writing addressed to the Minister; or

            (d)         in the case of a member qualifying for appointment to the Board by reason of being a member or officer of a council, the member ceases to be a member or officer of a council; or

            (e)         he is removed from office by the Governor under subsection (2).

        (4)         Upon the office of a member of the Board becoming vacant, a person shall be appointed to the vacancy in accordance with this Act, but where the office of a member of the Board becomes vacant before the expiration of the term for which he was appointed, the person appointed in his place shall be appointed only for the balance of that term.