WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INJURY MANAGEMENT ACT 1981 - SECT 96
WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INJURY MANAGEMENT ACT 1981 - SECT 96
96 . Term of office of governing body’s nominee members
(1) Subject to this
Act, a nominee member holds office for such period not exceeding 3 years as is
specified in the instrument of his appointment but is eligible for
reappointment.
(2) The Minister on
such terms as he thinks fit may grant leave of absence to a nominee member.
(3) A nominee member
may resign his office by writing signed by him and delivered to the Minister
but the resignation does not have effect until accepted by the Minister.
(4) The Governor may
terminate the appointment of a nominee member —
(a) for
mental or physical incapacity to carry out duties as a member in a
satisfactory manner, for inefficiency, or for misbehaviour; or
(b) for
other good cause, whether the events or circumstances giving rise to that good
cause occurred before, on, or after the date on which the appointment took
effect.
(5) If a nominee
member —
(a) is,
according to the Interpretation Act 1984 section 13D, a bankrupt or a person
whose affairs are under insolvency laws; or
(b)
absents himself except on leave granted by the Minister from 3 consecutive
meetings of WorkCover WA’s governing body; or
[(c) deleted]
(d)
resigns and his resignation is accepted; or
(e) has
his appointment terminated pursuant to subsection (4),
the office of that
nominee member becomes vacant.
(6) Where the office
of a nominee member becomes vacant otherwise than by effluxion of time, the
Governor may, on the recommendation of the Minister, appoint to the vacant
office for the unexpired part of the term of the office a person who is
eligible for appointment to that office and section 95(3) or (4), as the case
requires, applies in respect of such a recommendation.
[Section 96 amended: No. 42 of 2004 s. 83 and 151;
No. 18 of 2009 s. 94.]