South Australian Repealed Acts

This legislation has been repealed.

RENMARK IRRIGATION TRUST ACT 1936 - SECT 13

13—Vacancies

Any of the following acts and events shall cause a vacancy in the office of member, namely:

            (a)         death, lunacy, idiocy, bankruptcy, the execution by the member of a statutory deed of assignment for the benefit of his creditors, or a member compounding with his creditors for less than one hundred cents in the dollar, or the conviction of the member for an indictable offence;

            (b)         absence from the State, without leave of the trust, during the holding of three consecutive ordinary meetings, or failure to attend the meetings of the trust for three consecutive ordinary meetings without sufficient cause, and followed, in either case, by a resolution passed by the trust within three weeks after the last of such three consecutive ordinary meetings, declaring the office vacant, which resolution the trust may pass, but is not bound to pass;

            (c)         any disqualification, and notice thereof, by the disqualified person, or some person on his behalf, posted or delivered to the chairman or secretary, or, if there is no chairman, to the Minister;

            (d)         resignation by notice posted or delivered as aforesaid;

            (e)         retirement by rotation, as provided by this Act;

            (f)         the judgment or order of any duly authorised court declaring the office vacant.