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Council:

    (a) is convicted of an offence against a Commonwealth, State or Territory law and sentenced to imprisonment for one year or longer; or

    (b) is convicted of an offence against a Commonwealth, State or Territory law involving dishonesty and sentenced to imprisonment for 3 months or longer; or

    (c) is absent from duty, except on leave of absence, for 14 consecutive days or for 28 days in any period of 12 months; or

  (d) fails, without reasonable excuse, to comply with section 119;

the Minister must terminate the Chairperson's appointment.

"(8) If the Minister terminates the appointment of the Chairperson of a Regional Council, the Minister must cause to be laid before each House of the Parliament, within 7 sitting days of that House after the termination, a statement:

  (a) identifying the Chairperson;

  (b) stating that his or her appointment has been terminated; and

  (c) setting out the ground of the termination.

Leave of absence for Chairpersons

"127D.(1) Subject to section 87E of the Public Service Act 1922, the Chairperson of a Regional Council has such recreation leave entitlements as are determined by the Remuneration Tribunal.

"(2) The Commission Chairperson may grant the Chairperson of a Regional Council leave of absence, other than recreation leave, on such terms and conditions as to remuneration or otherwise as the Commission Chairperson determines in writing.

"(3) The Commission Chairperson must not grant to the Chairperson of a Regional Council leave of absence for a continuous period of more than 6 months unless the grant of such leave of absence is required or expressly permitted by a law of the Commonwealth.".

(2) Sections 127A, 127B, 127C and 127D of the Principal Act as amended by this Act do not apply to the Chairperson of a Regional Council until immediately after the first election of a person as the Chairperson of that Regional Council after the end of the round of Regional Council elections for 1993.

Zone elections

21. Section 132 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from subsection (2) "paragraph 138(1)(b)" and substituting "section 138".

Rules for conduct of elections

22. Section 138 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting subsection (6).