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COMMISSIONER FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ACT 2006 - SECT 8

8 .         Removal or suspension of Commissioner

        (1)         The Commissioner may, at any time, be suspended or removed from his office by the Governor on addresses from both Houses of Parliament.

        (2)         Where the Governor is satisfied that the Commissioner —

            (a)         is incapable of properly performing the duties of his office; or

            (b)         has shown himself incompetent properly to perform, or has neglected, those duties; or

            (c)         is, according to the Interpretation Act 1984 section 13D, a bankrupt or a person whose affairs are under insolvency laws; or

            (d)         has been guilty of misconduct,

                he may suspend the Commissioner from his office.

        (3)         When the Commissioner has been suspended from his office under subsection (2) he shall be restored to office unless —

            (a)         a statement of the grounds of his suspension is laid before each House of Parliament during the 7 sitting days of that House following the suspension; and

            (b)         each House of Parliament, during the session in which the statement is so laid, and within 30 sitting days of that statement being so laid, passes an address praying for his removal.

        [Section 8 amended by No. 18 of 2009 s. 17.]



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