Western Australian Consolidated Acts

PUBLIC SECTOR MANAGEMENT ACT 1994 - SECT 63

63 .         Vacation of office of executive officer

        (1)         The office of an executive officer becomes vacant if — 

            (a)         the executive officer dies;

            (b)         in the case of a chief executive officer, he or she is removed from office under section 49;

            (c)         his or her contract of employment is terminated under section 56(3);

            (d)         the executive officer completes a term of office and is not reappointed;

            (e)         the executive officer is dismissed, or retires from office, under this Act;

            (f)         the employment of the executive officer in the Public Sector is terminated under section 79(3);

            (g)         the executive officer resigns his or her office in writing addressed — 

                  (i)         in the case of a chief executive officer, to the Governor; or

                  (ii)         in the case of a senior executive officer, to the employing authority of his or her agency,

                and the Governor, acting on the recommendation of the Minister, or that employing authority, as the case requires, accepts that resignation; or

            (h)         the executive officer is appointed or transferred under this Part to another office.

        (2)         The vacation of an office under subsection (1)(a), (b), (d), (e), (f) or (g) terminates the contract of employment of the executive officer concerned.