Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) A port authority
is to have a chief executive officer.
(2) The
powers —
(a) to
appoint and remove the chief executive officer; and
(b)
subject to the Salaries and Allowances Act 1975 , to fix and alter the
terms and conditions of service of the chief executive officer,
are vested in the
board.
(3) The board must get
the Minister’s approval before it exercises any of the powers conferred
by subsection (2).
(4) The chief
executive officer of a port authority may resign from office by giving notice
in writing to the board.
(5) If the chief
executive officer’s terms and conditions of service deal with the matter
of resignation, the right to resign under subsection (4) can only be
exercised in accordance with those terms and conditions.
(6) The board may
appoint a person to act in the office of chief executive officer during any
period when the chief executive officer is, or is expected to be, absent from
the State or on leave or unable for any other reason to carry out the duties
of the office.