Composition of Committee
4 Composition of Committee
(1) The Committee shall consist of 6 members appointed by the Minister of whom:
(a) 4 shall be persons appointed on the nomination of the Tnorala Aboriginal Corporation; and
2 shall be persons appointed on the nomination of the Commission.
(2) A person who is a member of the Legislative Assembly or of either House of the Parliament of the Commonwealth is not eligible to be appointed or to hold office as a member.
(3) As soon as practicable after an appointment under subregulation (1) has been made, the Minister shall cause notice of the appointment to be published in the Gazette.
(4) Subject to regulations 5 and 6, a member holds office for a period of 3 years but:
is eligible for reappointment; and
(b) shall continue in office until reappointed or a successor is appointed.
(5) Where a member is or is about to become unable, whether on account of illness or otherwise, to perform the duties of the member's office, the Minister may, where the member was appointed under:
(a) regulation 4(1)(a), on the recommendation of the Tnorala Aboriginal Corporation; or
regulation 4(1)(b), on the recommendation of the Commission,
appoint a person to act in place of the member during the period the member is unable to perform the duties, unless the member has, under regulation 8(4), given to another member a general authority to vote for him or her at meetings of the Committee during the first-mentioned member's inability to perform his or her duties.
(6) A person appointed to act in the place of a member has all the functions and powers of the member.
(7) The performance of a function or the exercise of a power of the Committee is not affected by reason only of there being a vacancy in the office of a member.
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