Environment Protection Act 2017

The Authority has a governing body known as the Environment Protection Authority Governing Board.

The Governor in Council must appoint, on the recommendation of the Minister, not less than 5 and not more than 9 persons to be members of the Governing Board.

In recommending a person for appointment as a member of the Governing Board, the Minister must—

ensure that at least one of the persons recommended has qualifications or experience in science or engineering; and

ensure that at least one of the persons recommended is a person nominated by the Minister responsible for the administration of the Public Health and Wellbeing Act 2008 who has qualifications or experience in health; and

ensure that collectively the persons recommended have skills, knowledge or experience in relation to the following—

environment protection or regulation;

regulation of industry;

local government;

public administration or governance;

finance or accounting;

legal practice.