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PATENTS REGULATIONS 1991 - REG 20.56

Resignation and removal of members from Board

  (1)   A member of the Board mentioned in paragraph   227A(2A)(a), (d) or (e) of the Act may resign by giving the Minister his or her resignation in writing.

  (2)   The Minister may terminate the appointment of the Board Chair if the Board Chair :

  (a)   has been absent from 3 consecutive meetings of the Board without leave given by the Board; or

  (b)   is convicted in Australia or New Zealand of an offence punishable by imprisonment for at least 12 months; or

  (c)   cannot perform his or her duties as Board Chair ; or

  (d)   has behaved in an offensive or disorderly way, or in a way that is likely to adversely affect the Board's reputation; or

  (e)   has carried out his or her duties as Board Chair inefficiently; or

  (f)   becomes bankrupt; or

  (g)   applies to take the benefit of a law for the relief of bankrupt or insolvent debtors; or

  (h)   has entered into a debt agreement under Part   IX of the Bankruptcy Act 1966 ; or

  (i)   compounds with his or her creditors or assigns his or her salary and allowances for their benefit.

  (3)   The Minister may terminate the appointment of a member of the Board mentioned in paragraph   227A(2A)(d) or (e) of the Act if the member:

  (a)   has been absent from 3 consecutive meetings of the Board without leave given by the Board Chair ; or

  (b)   is convicted in Australia or New Zealand of an offence punishable by imprisonment for at least 12 months; or

  (c)   cannot perform his or her duties as a member of the Board; or

  (d)   has behaved in an offensive or disorderly way, or in a way that is likely to adversely affect the Board's reputation; or

  (e)   has carried out his or her duties as a member of the Board inefficiently; or

  (f)   becomes bankrupt; or

  (g)   applies to take the benefit of a law for the relief of bankrupt or insolvent debtors; or

  (h)   has entered into a debt agreement under Part   IX of the Bankruptcy Act 1966 ; or

  (i)   compounds with his or her creditors or assigns his or her salary and allowances for their benefit.


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