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CHILD
CARE
AND PROTECTION
Disqualifica-
tion for
appointment,
etc.
Restrictionon
employment.
Filling of
vacancy.
Remuneration.
(6) The provisions of sections
8
to 16 of the Commissions of Enquiry
Act shall apply, with the necessary modifications, in relation to tribunals
appointed under sub-paragraph (5) or, as the context may require, to the
members thereof as they apply in relation to Commissions or Commissioners
appointed under that Act.
(7)
Where the question of removing the Children's Advocate from
office has been referred to a tribunal appointed under sub-paragraph (5) and
the tribunal has advised the Governor-General that the Children's Advocate
ought to be removed from office, the Governor-General shall by instrument
under the Broad Seal, remove the Children's Advocate from office.
(8)
Where the question of removing the Children's Advocate from
office has been referred to a tribunal under sub-paragraph (5), the Governor-
General, acting after consultation with the Prime Minister and the Leader of
the Opposition, may suspend the Children's Advocate from performing the
functions of his office, and any such suspension may at any time be revoked
by the Governor-General acting as aforesaid, and in any case cease to have
effect if the tribunal advises the Governor-General that the Children's
Advocate ought not to be removed from office.
3 . 4 1 ) No person shall be qualified for appointment to the office of
Children's Advocate if that person-
(a) is a member of the Senate or the House of Representatives;
( b )
is an undischarged bankrupt; or
(c)
has at any time been convicted of any offence involving dis-
honesty or moral turpitude.
(2) The Children's Advocate shall vacate office if any circumstances
arise that, if he were not Children's Advocate, would cause him to be
disqualified for appointment as such, by virtue of sub-paragraph (1).
4.
A
person appointed as Children's Advocate-
(a) shall be a full-time officer; and
( 6 )
except with the approval of the Governor-General acting in his
discretion, shall not be employed in any other capacity during any
period in which he holds office as Children's Advocate.
5. When a vacancy arises in the office of Children's Advocate the
Governor-General, aAer consultation with the Prime Minister and the Leader
of the Opposition, may designate someone to act in that office during such
vacancy, until an appointment is made.
6 . 4 1 ) The Children's Advocate shall receive such emoluments and be
subject to such other terms and conditions of service as may from time to
time be prescribed by or under any law or
by
a resolution of the House of
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