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EDUCATION (GENERAL PROVISIONS) ACT 2006 - SECT 92
Vacation of office
92 Vacation of office
(1) The office of an elected member, or appointed member, of a school council
for a State school becomes vacant if the member— (a) dies; or
(b) resigns
the member’s office by signed notice of resignation— (i) for the
council’s chairperson—given to the school principal’s supervisor; or
(ii) for another council member—given to the council’s chairperson; or
(c) is absent from 3 consecutive meetings of the council, of which the member
has been given notice under the council’s constitution, without the
council’s leave and without reasonable excuse; or
(d) stops being eligible,
under this Act or the council’s constitution, for election or appointment to
the office.
(2) A notice of resignation mentioned in subsection (1) (b) takes
effect when the notice is given under that paragraph or, if a later time is
stated in the notice, the later time.
(3) If the office of an elected member,
or appointed member, of a school council is vacant and, because of the
vacancy, the membership does not comply with section 84 , the council is taken
to be validly constituted until the earlier of the following happens— (a)
the day the vacancy is filled;
(b) the expiry of 3 months after the day the
vacancy arose.
(4) In this section—
"meeting" , of the council, means— (a) if the relevant member does not
attend—a meeting of the council with a quorum for the council present; or
(b) if the relevant member attends—a meeting of the council with or without
a quorum for the council present.
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