Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) The Commissioner
may, at any time, be suspended or removed from office by the Governor on
addresses from both Houses of Parliament.
(2) If the Governor is
satisfied that the Commissioner —
(a) is
incapable of properly performing the duties of office;
(b) has
shown himself or herself incompetent properly to perform, or has neglected,
those duties; or
(c) has
been guilty of misconduct,
the Governor may
suspend the Commissioner from office.
(3) If the
Commissioner has been suspended from office under subsection (2) the
Commissioner is to be restored to office unless —
(a) a
statement of the grounds of the suspension is laid before each House of
Parliament during the first 7 sitting days of that House following the
suspension; and
(b) each
House of Parliament, during the session in which the statement is so laid, and
within 30 sitting days of that statement being so laid, passes an address
praying for the removal of the Commissioner from office.
[Section 12, formerly section 10,
renumbered as section 12 by No. 78 of 2003 s. 35(1).]