Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY (SELF-GOVERNMENT) ACT 1988 - SECT 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.