Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) There is
established a Board, to be called the Parliamentary Superannuation Board.
(2) The Board is to
administer the scheme.
(3) The Board consists
of —
(a) the
Minister, who is the chairperson;
(b) 4
other Board members, of whom 2 are to be appointed by the Legislative Council
and 2 by the Legislative Assembly from members of the Council and the Assembly
respectively.
(4) Appointments under
subsection (3)(b) by a House are to be made —
(a)
during the first sitting of each Parliament; and
(b)
whenever required to fill a vacancy.
(5) The Minister may
nominate a member of either House to act as chairperson on his behalf either
generally or for a particular period or occasion and a member so nominated
has, while so acting, all of the functions of the Minister as chairperson.
(6) A Board
member —
(a) may
be removed by the House by which he was appointed;
(b) may
resign by notice in writing to the presiding officer of that House;
(c)
ceases to hold office if he ceases to be a member,
and where
paragraph (b) or (c) applies and the House concerned is not sitting, the
presiding officer of that House may appoint a member of that House to hold the
office of Board member until the vacancy is filled.
[Section 6 inserted by No. 31 of 1989
s. 5; amended by No. 28 of 2006 s. 430.]