Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00049:section:175
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00049
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 175
Character Range: 229031–229935

175  Terms of office of Committee members
 (1) A member holds office during the pleasure of the House of the Parliament by which the member was appointed.
 (2) A person ceases to hold office as a member of the Committee if:
 (a) the House of Representatives expires by the passing of time or is dissolved; or
 (b) the person becomes the holder of an office specified in any of the paragraphs of section 174; or
 (c) the person ceases to be a member of the House of the Parliament by which the person was appointed; or
 (d) the person resigns the person's office as provided by subsection (3).
 (3) A member of the Committee appointed by a House of the Parliament may resign the member's office by giving the Presiding Officer of that House a written resignation.
 (4) A House of the Parliament may appoint one of its members to fill a vacancy among the members of the Committee appointed by that House.