Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) A person can not become, or continue as, a member of a board if the person--
(a) is, or has been, convicted of an indictable offence; or
(b) is an insolvent under administration.
(2) However, if the Minister considers it would be reasonable, having regard to the circumstances of the indictable offence of which a person has been convicted or the circumstances because of which a person is an insolvent under administration, the Minister may--
(a) if the person was a member of a board when the person was convicted or became an insolvent under administration--give notice to the chairperson of the board and the person that the person is restored as a member, and may be later reappointed, despite the conviction or being an insolvent under administration; or
(b) otherwise--give written approval for the person to become a member of a board despite the conviction or being an insolvent under administration.
(3) On the day the chairperson receives a notice under subsection (2)(a)--
(a) the person is restored as a member of the board; and
(b) if another person has been appointed to fill the vacancy, the other person's appointment ends.
(4) Subsection (3) does not apply if the person's term of office has since ended.
(5) If a person is restored as a member under subsection (3), the person's term of office as a member ends when it would have ended if the person had not been convicted of the offence or become an insolvent under administration.
(6) In this section--
indictable offence includes an indictable offence dealt with summarily, whether or not the Criminal Code, section 659, applies to the indictable offence.
insolvent under administration has the same meaning as in the Corporations Act, section 9.