South Australian Repealed Acts

This legislation has been repealed.

MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS ACT 1983 - SECT 7

7—Membership of the Board

        (1)         The Board shall consist of eight members appointed by the Governor of whom—

            (a)         five shall be nominated by the Minister; and

            (b)         one (who shall be a medical practitioner) shall be nominated by the Council of The University of Adelaide; and

            (c)         one (who shall be a medical practitioner) shall be nominated by the Council of The Flinders University of South Australia; and

            (d)         one shall be nominated by The South Australian Branch of the Australian Medical Association Incorporated.

        (2)         Of the members appointed on the nomination of the Minister—

            (a)         three shall be medical practitioners and of these one shall be an officer of the department of the Minister to whom the administration of this Act is committed; and

            (b)         one shall be a legal practitioner; and

            (c)         one shall be a person who is neither a medical practitioner nor a legal practitioner.

        (3)         A member shall be appointed for a term not exceeding three years upon such conditions as the Governor determines and at the expiration of his term of office shall be eligible for re-appointment.

        (4)         The Governor may appoint a person to be a deputy of a member and the deputy may, in the absence of that member, act as a member of the Board.

        (5)         The requirement of qualification and nomination made by this section in relation to the appointment of a member extends to the appointment of his deputy.

        (6)         The Governor may remove a member from office for—

            (a)         a breach of, or non-compliance with, the conditions of his appointment; or

            (b)         mental or physical incapacity to carry out satisfactorily the duties of his office; or

            (c)         absence (without leave of the Board) from three consecutive meetings of the Board or any other neglect of duty; or

            (d)         dishonourable conduct.

        (7)         The office of a member becomes vacant if—

            (a)         he dies; or

            (b)         his term of office expires; or

            (d)         he resigns by written notice to the Minister; or

            (e)         he ceases to satisfy the requirement referred to in this section by virtue of which he was nominated; or

            (f)         he is removed from office by the Governor pursuant to subsection (6).

        (8)         Upon the office of a member becoming vacant, a person shall be appointed in accordance with this Act to the vacant office.

        (9)         A member of the Board who is one of the members constituting the Board for the purposes of proceedings under Division 1 of Part 4 and whose term of office expires before those proceedings have been completed may, for the purpose of continuing and completing those proceedings, continue to act as a member of the Board.