Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) Subject to
the provisions of subsection (2), every member shall hold office until
30 June in the second year after the year in which he was appointed or
elected and at the expiration of his term is eligible for reappointment.
(2) If any
member —
(a) dies
or resigns his office;
(b)
becomes incapable of continuing as a member;
(c) is
guilty of misbehaviour or of incapacity;
(d)
ceases to hold the required qualifications to be a member;
(e) is
required to carry out duties the location or nature of which in the opinion of
the Minister make it inconvenient or undesirable that he continue as a member,
his office on the
Board becomes vacant and a successor shall be appointed who shall hold office
for the residue of the term for which his predecessor was appointed.
(3)(a) Where the
office of the elective member becomes vacant or the person holding that office
is for any reason temporarily unable to act in his office, the
member of the Police Force who received the second highest number of votes at
the last previous election held under this Part, shall be appointed by the
executive of the Police Union of Workers of Western Australia to fill the
vacancy for the remainder of the term for which his predecessor was elected,
or shall be so appointed to be acting member during the period of inability as
the case may be.
(b)
Where there is only one candidate at the election or if for any reason the
person who received the second highest number of votes at the election is
unable to act the executive of the union may appoint a member of the Police
Force to fill the vacancy or be the acting member.
(4) Where the office
of the Chairman or the member appointed by the Commissioner becomes vacant or
the person holding the office is temporarily unable to act in his office, the
Governor may appoint a magistrate or the Commissioner may appoint a person as
the case may require, to fill the vacancy for the remainder of the term for
which his predecessor was appointed or to be acting Chairman or member during
the period of inability as the case may be.
[Section 33C inserted by No. 25 of 1954
s. 7; amended by No. 59 of 2004 s. 141.]