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that the TSRA General Manager has or acquires in any business or in any body corporate that carries on a business.

"(2) If the TSRA General Manager has a direct or indirect pecuniary interest in a matter being considered or about to be considered by the TSRA, the TSRA General Manager must, as soon as possible after the relevant facts have come to his or her knowledge, disclose the nature of the interest to the Chairperson of the TSRA in writing.

Resignation

"144N. The TSRA General Manager may resign by writing signed by him or her and sent to the Minister and the TSRA.

Termination of appointment

"144P.(1) The Minister may, with the TSRA's agreement, terminate the appointment of the TSRA General Manager because of incompetence, misbehaviour or physical or mental incapacity.

  "(2) If the TSRA General Manager:

    (a) is absent from duty, except on leave granted under section 144K for 14 consecutive days or for 28 days in any period of 12 months; or

  (b) becomes bankrupt; or

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

  (d) compounds with his or her creditors; or

  (e) makes an assignment of his or her remuneration for the benefit of his or her creditors; or

  (f) fails, without reasonable excuse, to comply with section 144M; or

     (g) engages in paid employment outside the duties of the office of TSRA General Manager without the written consent of the Minister given after consulting the TSRA;

the Minister must terminate the appointment of the TSRA General Manager.

Other terms and conditions

"144Q. The TSRA General Manager holds office on such terms and conditions (if any) in respect of matters not provided for by this Act as are determined by the Minister, with the TSRA's agreement, by notice in the Gazette.

"Division 8—Staff

Staff

"144R.(1) Subject to section 144T, the staff required to assist the TSRA in the performance of its functions are to be persons appointed or employed under the Public Service Act 1922.

"(2) The TSRA General Manager has all the powers of, or exercisable by, a Secretary under the Public Service Act 1922, so far as those powers relate to the branch of the Australian Public Service comprising the staff referred to in subsection (1), as if that branch were a separate Department of the Australian Public Service.

    Note 1: A member of the staff of the TSRA or the Commission is not qualified to stand for election, or to be elected, as a member of the TSRA (see paragraph 142V(1)(b)).
    Note 2: The TSRA may declare that a member of the TSRA has become an employee of the TSRA or the Commission.