Thoroughbred Racing Act 1996

The Minister is—

to determine, by order published in the Gazette, the industry bodies that may nominate the persons who are to be the first members of the new Board referred to in section 6(1)(e), and those that may nominate the persons referred to in section 6(1)(f), and the criteria on which those members are to be nominated, and

to call for nominations for the first nominated members of the new Board.

The nominations are to be in writing addressed to the Minister.

As soon as practicable after the commencement of Schedule 1[2] to the amending Act, the nominated members of the Board—

are to commission at least 2 recruitment agencies to identify candidates with suitable expertise to hold the office of Chairperson, and

are to hold a meeting for the purpose of selecting, by majority vote, the first Chairperson of the new Board from those candidates.

Until the first Chairperson of the new Board takes office, the nominated members of the Board have and may exercise the functions of the Board and are taken to be the Board.

The Minister may give directions generally for facilitating the constitution of the first membership of the new Board.