Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Surveying Act 2004 - SECT 41

Suspension and removal of Surveyor-General

41. Suspension and removal of Surveyor-General



(1) The Surveyor-General may be suspended from office by the Governor in
Council but must not be removed from office except in accordance with this
section.

(2) The Minister must cause to be laid before each House of Parliament a full
statement of the grounds of any suspension of the Surveyor-General within 7
sitting days after the suspension.

(3) The Surveyor-General so suspended must be restored to office by the
Governor in Council unless each House of Parliament, within 42 days after the
day on which a statement under subsection (2) is laid before it and in the
same session, declares by resolution that the Surveyor-General ought to be
removed from office.

(4) If each House of Parliament within the time referred to in subsection (3)
declares by resolution that the Surveyor-General ought to be removed from
office, the Surveyor-General is to be removed by the Governor in Council.