International Protection Act 2026
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Member ceasing to be member of Advisory Board | ||
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268. (1) A member of the Advisory Board may resign from the Advisory Board by notice in writing to the Minister and the resignation shall take effect on the date the Minister receives the notice, or, if a date is specified in the notice and the Minister agrees to that date, on that date. | ||
(2) The Minister may at any time remove a member of an Advisory Board from office as a member of the Advisory Board if, in the opinion of the Minister— | ||
(a) the member has become incapable through ill-health of performing the functions of the office, | ||
(b) the member has committed serious misconduct, or | ||
(c) the member’s removal appears to the Minister to be necessary for the effective performance by the Advisory Board of its functions. | ||
(3) Where a member of the Advisory Board dies, resigns, is removed from office or otherwise ceases to hold office— | ||
(a) the casual vacancy arising shall be filled by a person appointed in the same manner as the member of the Advisory Board who occasioned the vacancy was appointed, and | ||
(b) the person appointed to fill the casual vacancy shall hold office for that period of the term of office of the member who occasioned that vacancy that remains unexpired at the date of that person’s appointment, and may, in accordance with section 262 (3), have his or her appointment extended. |