Independent Police Conduct Authority Act 1988

Independent Police Conduct Authority

7: Filling of vacancy

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"How a new member is chosen to fill an empty spot in the Independent Police Conduct Authority"

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If you are looking at how a vacancy is filled in the Independent Police Conduct Authority, you need to know that the Governor-General can appoint a new member. You will see this happens when the House of Representatives recommends someone for the job. The Governor-General can also make an appointment without a recommendation from the House of Representatives, but only if Parliament is not in session. If the Governor-General makes an appointment without a recommendation, you should know that the appointment will end, and the job will be vacant again, unless the House of Representatives confirms it within a certain time. This time is 24 sitting days after the appointment is made. The Governor-General makes these appointments on behalf of the government. When the House of Representatives is not in session, the Governor-General in Council can make an appointment at any time before the next session of Parliament starts.

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6: Power to remove or suspend members, or

"When can Independent Police Conduct Authority members be removed or suspended?"

8: Deputy Police Complaints Authority, or

"What is the Deputy Police Complaints Authority?"

7Filling of vacancy

If a vacancy occurs in the membership of the Authority, the Governor-General, on the recommendation of the House of Representatives, may appoint a successor.
Despite subsection (1), if the vacancy exists at the close of a session, or the vacancy occurs while Parliament is not in session, and the House of Representatives has not recommended an appointment to fill the vacancy, the Governor-General in Council may appoint a successor at any time before the commencement of the next ensuing session of Parliament.
An appointment made under subsection (2) lapses, and the office again becomes vacant, unless the appointment is confirmed by the House of Representatives before the end of the 24th sitting day following the date of the appointment.

Notes

Section 7: substituted, on 29 November 2007, by section 10 of the Independent Police Conduct Authority Amendment Act 2007 (2007 No 38).