Commonwealth Numbered Acts

TRADE UNION TRAINING AUTHORITY AMENDMENT ACT 1978 No. 92 of 1978 - SECT 12

12. Section 28 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting sub-sections (1),
(2) and (3) and substituting the following sub-sections:

''(1) This section applies to-

   (a)  a member of the Australian Council referred to in paragraph 14 (1)
        (d), (e), (f), (g), (h), (j) or (k);

   (b)  a deputy member of the Australian Council referred to in sub-section
        17 (3);

   (c)  any member of a State Council; or

   (d)  a deputy member of a State Council referred to in sub-section 22 (2).

''(2) The Minister may terminate the appointment of a member or deputy member
of a council to whom this section applies for misbehaviour (including, in the
case of a member of the Australian Council who is a member of the
Executive Board, misbehaviour in his capacity as a member of the Executive
Board) or physical or mental incapacity.

''(3) If-

   (a)  a member or deputy member of a council to whom this section applies
        becomes bankrupt, applies to take benefit of any law for the relief of
        bankrupt or insolvent debtors, compounds with his creditors or makes
        an assignment of his remuneration for their benefit;

   (b)  a member of the Australian Council referred to in paragraph 14 (1) (j)
        or (k) ceases to be a member of a House of the Parliament; or

   (c)  a member of the Australian Council to whom this section applies who is
        a member of the Executive Board fails to comply with his obligations
        under section 8R, the Minister shall terminate the appointment of the
        member or deputy member, as the case may be.

''(3A) The Minister may terminate the appointment of a member of a council who
is appointed to represent an organization or a Division or Branch of an
organization, or the appointment of a deputy member appointed in relation to
such a member of a council, if the organization, Division or Branch, as the
case may be, notifies the Minister in writing that it no longer wishes to be
represented by that member or that it wishes the appointment of that deputy
member to be terminated, as the case may be.''.