Appointment of members within council area
89 Appointment of members within council area
If all or part of a Division area is within a council area, the
Minister must, in writing, appoint the following persons to be
Division members of the Division area:
2 community members nominated by the local government council under section 91;
one alternate community member nominated by the local government council under section 91;
2 specialist members.
An alternate community member may act, during the absence or inability to act of a community member, but may not act for more than one community member or for a member appointed to be a Deputy Chair who is acting as Chair under section 88(3) or (4).
An employee of a local government council is not eligible to be appointed as the community member for that local government council.
A person is eligible to be appointed to be a specialist member if the Minister is satisfied the person has the skills, qualifications or experience prescribed by regulation.
The Minister must maintain a register of the names and contact details of persons eligible and willing to be appointed as specialist members.
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