FISHERIES MANAGEMENT ACT 1991 - SECT 141C Selection of nominees

FISHERIES MANAGEMENT ACT 1991 - SECT 141C

  (1)   A Selection Committee must only nominate for appointment as members of the Panel persons who have expertise in one or more of the following fields:

  (a)   commercial fishing;

  (b)   fishing industry operations other than commercial fishing;

  (c)   fisheries science;

  (d)   natural resource management;

  (e)   marine ecology;

  (f)   economics;

  (g)   business management;

  (h)   such other fields (if any) as are prescribed.

  (2)   In selecting persons for nomination, a Selection Committee must try to choose such persons as will ensure, as far as practicable, that the members of the Panel collectively possess expertise in all of the fields referred to in subsection   (1).

  (3)   A Selection Committee must not nominate a person who is:

  (a)   a member of the Selection Committee; or

  (b)   a commissioner of the Commission; or

  (c)   under subsection   126(2), ineligible for appointment.