CONSTITUTION ACT 1975 - SECT 87AE Suspension and removal from office
CONSTITUTION ACT 1975 - SECT 87AE
Suspension and removal from office(1) The Governor in Council may suspend the Director from office.
(2) If the Director is suspended from office the Attorney-General must cause a full statement of the ground or grounds of the suspension to be laid before each House of Parliament on or before the 7th sitting day of that House after the suspension.
(3) The Governor in Council must remove the Director from office if each House of Parliament on or before the 7th sitting day of that House after the statement is laid before it passes a resolution declaring that the Director ought to be removed from office.
(4) If both Houses of Parliament do not pass a resolution of the kind specified in subsection (3) within the time specified in that subsection, the Governor in Council must without delay remove the suspension and restore the Director to office.
(5) The Director can only be removed from office in accordance with this section.
S. 87AF inserted by No. 62/1999 s. 11.