Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) Subject to this
Act, each member shall hold office for such period, not exceeding
3 years, as is specified in the instrument of his appointment, but is
eligible for reappointment.
(2) The Attorney
General may grant leave of absence to a member on such terms as the Attorney
General determines.
(3) A member may
resign his office by writing signed by him and delivered to the Attorney
General, but the resignation does not have effect until is it accepted by the
Attorney General.
(4) The Governor may
terminate the appointment of a member for inability, inefficiency or
misbehaviour.
(5) If a
member —
(a) is,
according to the Interpretation Act 1984 section 13D, a bankrupt or
a person whose affairs are under insolvency laws; or
(b)
becomes permanently incapable of performing his duties as a member; or
(c)
absents himself, except on leave duly granted by the Attorney General, from 3
consecutive meetings of the Commission; or
(d) in
the case of a member holding an office referred to in section 7(3)(b),
ceases to be a private practitioner,
the office of that
member becomes vacant.
(6) This section does
not apply to or in relation to the Director.
[Section 8 amended by No. 60 of 1977
s. 5; No. 8 of 1978 s. 2; No. 18 of 2009 s. 50.]