Western Australian Repealed Acts Western Australian Repealed ActsThis legislation has been repealed.
(1) Subject to this
Act, an appointed member —
(a)
holds office for such period not exceeding 3 years as is specified in the
instrument of his appointment; and
(b) is,
on the expiry of his period of office, eligible for renomination and
reappointment as an appointed member.
(2) An appointed
member who is —
(a) the
Company member shall cease to be the Company member if the Company by
instrument in writing served on the Minister so requests; or
(b) the
Joint Venturers member shall cease to be the Joint Venturers member if the
Joint Venturers by instrument in writing served on the Minister so request.
(3) The Governor may
remove an appointed member from office for inability, inefficiency or
misbehaviour.
(4) Without limiting
the generality of subsection (3), the failure of an appointed member to comply
with section 10 of the Ports (Functions) Act 1993 constitutes sufficient
grounds for his removal from office under subsection (3).
(5) The office of an
appointed member becomes vacant if —
(a) his
period of office expires;
(b)
being the Company member or the Joint Venturers member, he is the subject of a
request made under subsection (2) (a) or (b), as the case requires;
(c) he
is removed from office under subsection (3);
(d) he
becomes an insolvent under administration within the meaning of the Companies
(Western Australia) Code ;
(e) he
becomes permanently incapable of performing his duties as an appointed member;
(f) he
resigns his office by instrument in writing addressed to and delivered to the
Minister; or
(g) he
is absent, except on leave granted under section 13, from 3 consecutive
meetings of the Port Authority, of which meetings he has received the
prescribed notice or the shorter notice referred to in section 14 (4).
[Section 9 amended by No. 46 of 1993 s.46.]