(1) If a member of the Council (other than an ex officio member):
(a) becomes disqualified under section 11 from remaining a member of the Council; or
(b) dies; or
(c) resigns from membership of the Council; or
(d) is absent without leave of the Council from 3 consecutive meetings of the Council; or
(g) in the case of a member referred to in paragraph 10(1)(k), (l), (m), (n), (o) or (p)--ceases to be qualified to be elected as mentioned in the paragraph concerned; or
(i) becomes a Deputy Vice - Chancellor of the University under section 35; or
(j) is or becomes disqualified from managing corporations under Part 2D.6 of the Corporations Act 2001 ; or
(k) has, in the Council's opinion formed by resolution passed as mentioned in subsection ( 1A) or subsection 13(4), breached his or her duties under Subdivision A of Division 3 of Part 2 - 2 of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 as a member of the Council; or
(l) is, in the Council's opinion, incapable (other than on a temporary basis) of performing his or her duties;
the member's office becomes vacant.
(1A) For the purposes of paragraph ( 1)(k), the Council forms its opinion by resolution passed at a meeting of the Council if the resolution is passed at the meeting by at least a two - thirds majority of the members of the Council.
(2) If a person holding office as a member of the Council referred to in one of the paragraphs of subsection 10(1), other than paragraph ( a) or (c), is, before otherwise ceasing to hold that office, appointed to the office of:
(a) Chancellor; or
(c) Vice - Chancellor;
that person ceases, upon being so appointed, to hold that first - mentioned office.