Commonwealth Numbered Acts

AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY (SELF-GOVERNMENT) ACT 1988 No. 106 of 1988 - SECT 12

12. (1) A person holding office as Presiding Officer vacates the office:

   (a)  immediately before a Presiding Officer is elected at the first meeting
        of the Assembly after a general election;

   (b)  when the person resigns office as Presiding Officer;

   (c)  when the person ceases to be a member of the Assembly (not because of
        a general election); or

   (d)  when an absolute majority of the members of the Assembly vote in
        favour of the person's removal from office.

(2) A person who has vacated the office of Presiding Officer may be
re-elected.