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AUSTRALIAN LAW REFORM COMMISSION ACT 1996 - SECT 17

Termination of full - time appointments

  (1)   The Governor - General may terminate a full - time member's appointment for misbehaviour, or physical or mental incapacity.

  (2)   The Governor - General must terminate a full - time member's appointment if the member:

  (a)   becomes bankrupt; or

  (b)   applies to take the benefit of any law for the relief of bankrupt or insolvent debtors; or

  (c)   compounds with his or her creditors; or

  (d)   makes an assignment of his or her remuneration for the benefit of his or her creditors.

  (3)   If a full - time member engages in paid employment outside the duties of the member's office without the Attorney - General's approval, the Governor - General must terminate the member's appointment.

  (4)   Subsections   ( 1), (2) and (3) do not apply to a full - time member who holds a judicial office.

  (5)   If a full - time member who is the holder of a judicial office stops holding that office, the Governor - General may terminate the member's appointment.



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