Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00836:section:40
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00836
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 40
Character Range: 30551–31467

40  Chief Minister for the Territory
 (1) At the first meeting of the Assembly after a general election, the members present shall, after electing a Presiding Officer and before any other business, elect one of their number to be the Chief Minister for the Territory.
 (2) If there is a vacancy in the office of Chief Minister (not because of a dissolution of the Assembly), then:
 (a) if the vacancy happens at a meeting, the members present shall elect one of their number to be the Chief Minister; or
 (b) if the vacancy happens at any other time, the Presiding Officer shall, by notice published in the Territory Gazette, convene a meeting as soon as practicable and, at the meeting, the members present shall elect one of their number to be the Chief Minister.
 (3) If a resolution of no confidence in the Chief Minister is passed, the members present shall elect one of their number to be the Chief Minister.