Western Australian Consolidated Acts

MURDOCH UNIVERSITY ACT 1973 - SECT 15

15 .         Resignation, disqualification and vacation of office

        (1)         The Chancellor may resign his office by writing under his hand addressed to and accepted by the Visitor.

        (2)         The Pro-Chancellor or a member of the Senate may resign his office by writing under his hand addressed to the Chancellor, and every such resignation takes effect when it is received at the office of the University.

        (3)         A person who —

            (a)         is a person in respect of whom an administration order is in force under Part 6 of the Guardianship and Administration Act 1990 ; or

            (b)         is, according to the Interpretation Act 1984 section 13D, a bankrupt or a person whose affairs are under insolvency laws; or

            (c)         is convicted of an indictable offence; or

            (ca)         is, or becomes, disqualified from managing corporations under Part 2D.6 of the Corporations Act 2001 of the Commonwealth; or

            (d)         has his appointment terminated by the Governor for inability, inefficiency or misbehaviour,

                is not capable of holding office under this Act and on the happening of any such event his office becomes vacant and he is not eligible for re-election or re-appointment.

        (3a)         A member of the Senate who is removed from office by the Senate under section 15A is not eligible to be a member again until —

            (a)         in the case of a member elected by the students, one year has elapsed since the removal; or

            (b)         in the case of any other member, 3 years have elapsed since the removal.

        (4)         Where a person was elected to the Senate by and from amongst —

            (a)         the members of the full-time academic staff of the University; or

            (b)         the students,

                and he ceases to be a member of that staff or a student, as the case may be, his office as a member of the Senate becomes vacant.

        (5)         The office of a member of the Senate shall be vacated if, without leave obtained from the Senate, he has been absent from all meetings of the Senate for 6 consecutive months, or has been absent from more than one-half of the meetings of the Senate during any period of 12 consecutive months.

        [Section 15 amended by No. 24 of 1990 s. 123; No.   8 of 2005 s. 28; No. 18 of 2009 s. 58.]