Section 68 — Residential Tenancies Act 1986: Term of office of Tenancy Adjudicators

68 Term of office of Tenancy Adjudicators (1) Every Tenancy Adjudicator shall be appointed for a term not exceeding 3 years commencing on the date of the appointment or on such other date as may be specified in the instrument of appointment. (2) Every Tenancy Adjudicator shall retire from office on attaining the age of 70 years. (3) Any Tenancy Adjudicator may at any time be removed from office by the Governor-General for inability to perform the functions of the office, bankruptcy, neglect of duty, or misconduct, proved to the satisfaction of the Governor-General. (4) Any Tenancy Adjudicator may at any time resign by writing addressed to the Minister of Justice. (5) Where the term of office of any Tenancy Adjudicator expires, that Adjudicator shall, unless sooner vacating office under subsection (3) or subsection (4) of this section, continue in office until— (a) That person is reappointed; or (b) A successor to that person is appointed; or (c) That person is informed in writing by the Minister of Justice and the Minister of Housing that that person is not to be reappointed and that a successor to that person is not to be appointed. (6) Every person who was a Tenancy Adjudicator shall, notwithstanding the expiry of that Tenancy Adjudicator's term of office or that Tenancy Adjudicator's retirement or resignation from office, be deemed to continue to be a Tenancy Adjudicator for the purpose of finally disposing of any matter that was still before the Tribunal on the date of expiry of the term of office, or the effective date of the retirement or the resignation, of that Tenancy Adjudicator. Subsection (3) was amended, as from 1 January 2002, by section 70(1) Human Rights Amendment Act 2001 (2001 No 96), by substituting the words “ inability to perform the functions of the office ” for the word “ disability ” . Subsection (5) was substituted, as from 1 May 1996, by section 29 Residential Tenancies Amendment Act 1996 (1996 No 7).