Reserves Act 1977

Classification and management of reserves - Management and control of reserves

31: Term of office of members of boards

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"How long you can be on a board and what makes you stop being a member"

If you are a member of a board, you will hold office for a term of up to 7 years. This term is decided when you are appointed and you can be reappointed. You can find more information about this in section 30. You will stop being a member of the board if you become bankrupt, resign, miss three meetings in a row without permission, or are away from New Zealand for three months in a row without permission. The Minister can also remove you from the board if you are not doing your job properly or if you have done something wrong.

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30: Appointing a board to control and manage a reserve, or

"Choosing people to help manage a reserve"

32: Meetings of boards, or

"How reserve boards have meetings and make decisions"

Part 3Classification and management of reserves
Management and control of reserves

31Term of office of members of boards

The following provisions shall apply with respect to every appointed member of any board, namely:
subject to the succeeding provisions of this section and to section 30, he or she shall hold office for such term not exceeding 7 years as may be specified in the notice of his or her appointment, and may from time to time be reappointed:
he shall vacate office on the happening of any of the following events:
1. if he or she becomes bankrupt; or
2. if he or she resigns by writing addressed to the secretary to the board; or
3. if he or she is absent from 3 consecutive meetings of the board without the leave of the board; or
4. if he or she is absent from New Zealand for 3 consecutive months without the leave of the board:
the Minister may remove from office any appointed member of the board, whether appointed by the Minister or by the Commissioner, who in his or her opinion becomes incapable of acting as a member or is guilty of such neglect of duty or misconduct as in the Minister's opinion makes it expedient that he or she should cease to be a member of the board:
if he or she dies, or vacates his or her office pursuant to paragraph (b) or paragraph (c), the vacancy so created shall be filled in the manner in which the appointment to the vacant office was originally made:provided that if the board was originally appointed by the Minister and the Minister has authorised the Commissioner to appoint the board under section 30(2), the Commissioner shall make the appointment. Any person so appointed shall be appointed for the residue of the term for which his or her predecessor was appointed:
unless he or she sooner vacates his or her office as provided in paragraph (d), he or she shall continue in office until his or she successor comes into office, notwithstanding that the term for which he or she was appointed may have expired:
where any member of the board is appointed by virtue of any office, he or she shall vacate his or her appointment on ceasing to hold that office, and shall be replaced by his or her successor in office without any further appointment.

Compare

1953 No 69 s 8
1970 No 101 s 2(2)(c)
1972 No 99 s 2