Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2021C00498:section:73
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2021C00498
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 73
Character Range: 69464–70711

73  Termination, or cessation, of appointment
 (1) A member's appointment may be terminated on any of the following grounds:
 (a) the member's misbehaviour or physical or mental incapacity (within the ordinary meaning of those words);
 (b) the member:
 (i) becomes bankrupt; or
 (ii) applies to take the benefit of any law for the relief of bankrupt or insolvent debtors; or
 (iii) compounds with his or her creditors; or
 (iv) makes an assignment of his or her remuneration for the benefit of his or her creditors;
 (c) the member engages in paid employment that conflicts or may conflict with the proper performance of his or her duties (see section 70);
 (d) the member fails, without reasonable excuse, to comply with section 74 (disclosure of interests by members).
 (2) A member's appointment is terminated by force of this subsection if:
 (a) each House of the Parliament passes, in the same session, a resolution on a ground referred to in subsection (1); and
 (b) the ground on which the member's appointment is to be terminated is the same in each resolution.

Member who becomes Commonwealth or State judicial officer
 (5) If a member becomes a Commonwealth or State judicial officer, he or she ceases to be a member at the same time.