Membership of the Council
9 Membership of the Council
The Council consists of the following members:
a Minister of the Commonwealth who is nominated by the Prime Minister;
a Minister of each participating State who is nominated by the Premier of the State concerned;
a Minister of each participating Territory who is nominated by the Chief Minister of the Territory concerned.
A member ceases to be a member if:
the participating State or participating Territory in respect of which the member is nominated ceases to be a participating State or participating Territory; or
the member ceases to be a Minister; or
another Minister of the same jurisdiction is nominated in substitution for the member.
Nominations under this section must be in writing.
The performance of a function or the exercise of a power by the Council is not affected by a vacancy or vacancies in the membership of the Council.
Anything done by or in relation to a person purporting to act under a nomination under this section is not invalid merely because there was a defect or irregularity in connection with the nomination.
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