(1) A non-judicial
member may resign from office by giving the Minister a signed letter of
resignation addressed to the Governor.
(2) A resignation is
not effective until the Governor has accepted it.
(3) If a resignation
is accepted it takes effect when it is accepted or at any later date stated in
the letter.
(4) A person who has
resigned from office as a non-judicial member is not precluded from again
being appointed as a non-judicial member.
(5) The period for
which a person who is a non-judicial member was appointed may at any time be
terminated by the Governor on the grounds of —
(a) the
person having been convicted of an indictable offence or an offence that, if
committed in Western Australia, would be an indictable offence;
(b) the
person being an insolvent under administration according to the meaning of
that term in the Corporations Act 2001 of the Commonwealth; or
(c) the
Minister having recommended under section 125(1) that the Governor
terminate the person’s term of office.