Board
15 Board
Each Catchment Management Authority must have a board consisting of—
a chairperson; and
not less than 5 and not more than 8 other members—
appointed by the Minister, after consultation with the Minister administering the Water Act 1989 and the Minister administering the Agricultural Industry Development Act 1990.
The board of each Authority must consist of persons with experience and knowledge of one or more of the following—
land management;
water resources management and the water industry;
waterway management;
environment or natural resources management;
primary industry;
strategic or business planning;
financial management.
S. 15(3) substituted by No. 48/2021 s. 137.
More than one half of the members of the board of each Catchment Management Authority must be persons whose principal occupation is—
primary production; or
providing advice about primary production; or
engaging in research about primary production.
New s. 16 inserted by No. 85/2006 s. 151.
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