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absent from one or more meetings of the Commission on such conditions as the Minister thinks fit.

Disclosure of interests

"89M.(1) A member who has a direct or indirect pecuniary interest in a matter being considered or about to be considered by the Commission must, as soon as possible after the relevant facts have come to his or her knowledge, disclose the nature of the interest at a meeting of the Commission.

"(2) A disclosure must be recorded in the minutes of the meeting of the Commission and the member must not, unless the Minister or the Commission otherwise determines:

    (a) be present during any deliberation of the Commission with respect to that matter; or

    (b) take part in any decision of the Commission with respect to that matter.

"(3) For the purpose of the making of a determination by the Commission under subsection (2) in relation to a member who has made a disclosure, a member who has a direct or indirect pecuniary interest in the matter to which the disclosure relates must not:

    (a) be present during any deliberation of the Commission for the purpose of making the determination; or

    (b) take part in the making by the Commission of the determination.

"(4) In this section:

'member' includes:

    (a) a person who is acting in the office of a member or is taken to be a member; and

    (b) the Chief Executive Officer.

Resignation

"89N. A member may resign by delivering to the Governor-General a signed notice of resignation.

Termination of appointment

"89P.(1) The Governor-General may terminate a member's appointment for misbehaviour or physical or mental incapacity.

"(2) If a member:

    (a) becomes bankrupt, applies to take the benefit of any law for the relief of bankrupt or insolvent debtors, compounds with his or her creditors or makes an assignment of his or her remuneration for their benefit; or

    (b) contravenes section 89M without reasonable excuse; or

    (c) is absent, except on leave granted under section 89L, from 3 consecutive meetings of the Commission;

the Governor-General is to terminate the member's appointment by notice in the Gazette.

"(3) If the organisation on whose nomination a member referred to in paragraph 89E(c) was appointed asks (by written notice to the Minister) that the member's appointment be terminated, the Governor-General is to terminate the member's appointment by notice in the Gazette.

Meetings

"89Q.(1) Subject to this section, meetings of the Commission are to be held at such times and places as it determines from time to time.

"(2) The Chairperson:

    (a) may convene a meeting of the Commission; and

    (b) must convene a meeting of the Commission on receipt of a written request signed by at least 4 members.

"(3)