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Remuneration Authority Act 1977

7: Extraordinary vacancies

You could also call this:

"What happens when someone suddenly leaves their job on the Authority"

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If you are a member of the Authority, you can be removed from your job by the Governor-General for reasons like not being able to do your job, going bankrupt, not doing your work, or behaving badly. You can also choose to leave your job by writing to the Minister. If someone leaves the Authority, the empty spot is called an extraordinary vacancy. The Governor-General will then choose someone new to fill the empty spot, and that person will do the job for the rest of the time the old member was supposed to be there.

The Authority can still make decisions even if one member is missing. You can find more information about the changes made to this rule on the New Zealand legislation website. The Governor-General chooses a new member to fill the empty spot by making an Order in Council.

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7Extraordinary vacancies

  1. Any member of the Authority may at any time be removed from office by the Governor-General for inability to perform the functions of the office, bankruptcy, neglect of duty, or misconduct, proved to the satisfaction of the Governor-General.

  2. Any member of the Authority may at any time resign his office by giving written notice to that effect to the Minister.

  3. If any member of the Authority dies, or resigns, or is removed from office, the vacancy thereby created shall be deemed to be an extraordinary vacancy.

  4. An extraordinary vacancy shall be filled by the appointment of a member by the Governor-General by Order in Council.

  5. Every person appointed to fill an extraordinary vacancy shall be appointed for the residue of the term for which the vacating member was appointed.

  6. The powers of the Authority shall not be affected by one vacancy in its membership.

Compare
  • SR 1974/143 rr 17(4), 18
Notes
  • Section 7(1): amended, on , by section 3(2) of the Remuneration Authority (Members of Parliament) Amendment Act 2002 (2002 No 54).
  • Section 7(1): amended, on , by section 70(1) of the Human Rights Amendment Act 2001 (2001 No 96).
  • Section 7(2): amended, on , by section 3(2) of the Remuneration Authority (Members of Parliament) Amendment Act 2002 (2002 No 54).
  • Section 7(3): amended, on , by section 3(2) of the Remuneration Authority (Members of Parliament) Amendment Act 2002 (2002 No 54).
  • Section 7(6): amended, on , by section 3(2) of the Remuneration Authority (Members of Parliament) Amendment Act 2002 (2002 No 54).