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Environment Act 1986

Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment - Administrative provisions

6: Term of office of Commissioner

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"How long the Commissioner stays in the job"

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You hold office as Commissioner for 5 years, but you can be reappointed. You keep holding office after 5 years until you are reappointed or someone else is appointed. You can resign at any time by writing to the Speaker of the House of Representatives or the Prime Minister.

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Part 1Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment
Administrative provisions

6Term of office of Commissioner

  1. Except as otherwise provided in this Act, the Commissioner shall hold office for a term of 5 years, but may be reappointed from time to time.

  2. Where the term for which the Commissioner has been appointed expires, the Commissioner, unless sooner resigning from office or removed from office, shall continue to hold office, by virtue of the appointment for the term that has expired, until—

  3. the Commissioner is reappointed; or
    1. a successor to the Commissioner is appointed.

      1. The Commissioner may at any time resign from office by writing addressed to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, or to the Prime Minister if there is no Speaker or if the Speaker is absent from New Zealand.