Chairperson and Deputy Chairperson
7 Chairperson and Deputy Chairperson
The board is to have a Chairperson and a Deputy Chairperson, who must each be board members.
The Minister is to appoint the Chairperson whenever there is a vacancy if the statutory land manager is a category 1 non-council manager.
The board is to elect its Chairperson whenever there is a vacancy if the statutory land manager is not a category 1 non-council manager.
The board is to elect its Deputy Chairperson whenever there is a vacancy (regardless of whether the statutory land manager is, or is not, a category 1 non-council manager).
If the Minister considers that a board required to elect its Chairperson or Deputy Chairperson will not or cannot do so, the Minister may instead appoint the Chairperson or Deputy Chairperson.
A person vacates office as Chairperson or Deputy Chairperson if the person—
is removed from that office by the Minister under this clause, or
resigns that office by written instrument given to the Minister, or
ceases to be a board member of the board.
The Minister may at any time remove a person from office as the Chairperson or Deputy Chairperson.
In this clause—
category 1 non-council manager means a category 1 non-council manager under Division 3.5.
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