UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND ACT 1998 - SECT 24 Vacation of office

UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND ACT 1998 - SECT 24

24 Vacation of office

(1) The office of an elected, appointed or additional member becomes vacant if—

(a) the member dies; or

(b) for an elected member of a class mentioned in section 15 (2) (a) to (f) —

(i) if the election policy in effect when the member was elected included nomination requirements for the class—the member ceases to meet the nomination requirements under the policy; or

(ii) otherwise—the member ceases to be an eligible person for the class; or

Example—

An elected member of a class mentioned in section 15 (2) (e) ceases to be a postgraduate student.

(c) for an additional member—the member becomes a student or a member of the academic staff or general staff of the university; or

(d) the member is absent without the senate’s leave and without reasonable excuse from every meeting of the senate in a period of 6 months; or

(e) the member becomes an official member; or

(f) the member resigns from office by signed notice—

(i) if the member is an appointed member—given to the Minister; or

(ii) if the member is an elected or additional member—given to the vice-chancellor; or

(g) the member is removed from office under section 26B ; or

(h) the member is disqualified from managing corporations under the Corporations Act , part 2D .6; or

(i) the member is convicted of an indictable offence, other than an offence in relation to which the member’s office becomes vacant under paragraph (h) .

Note—

See section 56D for the requirement to disclose a matter mentioned in paragraph (h) or (i) .

(2) Subsection (1) (i) is subject to sections 25 and 26 .

(3) A resignation takes effect on the day the notice of resignation is given to the Minister or the vice-chancellor or, if a later day of effect is stated in the notice, the later day.