Commonwealth Numbered Acts

Australian Meat and Live-stock Industry Policy Council Act 1984 No. 58 of 1984 - SECT 9

PART III-CONSTITUTION AND MEETINGS OF COUNCIL

9. (1) The Council shall consist of-

   (a)  the Chairman;

   (b)  2 members appointed to represent the Cattle Council of Australia one
        of whom shall, subject to sub-section (8), be the President of that
        Council;

   (c)  2 members appointed to represent the Sheepmeat Council of Australia
        one of whom shall, subject to sub-section (8), be the President of
        that Council;

   (d)  2 members appointed to represent the Australian Meat Exporters'
        Federal Council one of whom shall, subject to sub-section (8), be the
        President of that Council;

   (e)  a member appointed to represent the Meat and Allied Trades Federation
        of Australia who shall, subject to sub-section (8), be the National
        President of that body;

   (f)  a member appointed to represent the Australian Meatworks' Federal
        Council who shall, subject to sub-section (8), be the Chairman of that
        Council;

   (g)  the Chairman of the Australian Meat and Live-stock Corporation;

   (h)  the Chairman of the Australian Meat Research Committee;

   (j)  the Chairman of the Interim Inspection Policy Council that was
        established by the Minister on 3 November 1983;

   (k)  a member appointed to represent the Australian Council of Trade
        Unions;

   (m)  a member appointed to represent all the bodies, whether or not
        established by or under a law of a State or the Northern Territory,
        that perform marketing, regulatory or advisory functions with respect
        to the production of, or trade in, meat, and that are declared by the
        Minister to be relevant bodies for the purposes of this paragraph; and

   (n)  if the Minister, by notice published in the Gazette, declares that a
        particular body, being a body connected with the industry, is to be
        represented on the Council, then in the case of each such
        declaration-one member, or such higher number of members as is
        specified in that declaration, appointed to represent that body.

(2) A declaration referred to in paragraph (1) (n) that a particular body is
to be represented on the Council-

   (a)  shall not be made unless the Council has recommended to the Minister
        that that body should be represented; and

   (b)  may state that the member to be appointed, or one of the members to be
        appointed, as the case may be, to represent that body shall be the
        holder of a specified office in that body.

(3) All members shall be part-time members.

(4) The Chairman shall be appointed by the Minister and, subject to this Act,
holds office for a period of 3 years but is eligible for re-appointment.

(5) A member described in a paragraph of sub-section (1), other than paragraph
(1) (m), as a person appointed to represent a particular body shall be
appointed by the Minister on the nomination of that body.

(6) The member referred to in paragraph (1) (m) shall be appointed by the
Minister on the nomination of the Australian Agricultural Council.

(7) If the Minister is not satisfied as to the suitability of a person
nominated for appointment to the Council by a particular body in accordance
with sub-section (5) or (6), he may request that body to make a further
nomination.

(8) Where a member to be appointed, or one of the members to be appointed, as
the case may be, to represent a particular body is required, subject to this
sub-section, to be the holder of a specified office in that body, and that
body has nominated the holder of that office in accordance with sub-section
(5), the Minister may, if he is not satisfied as to the suitability of the
holder of that office for appointment to the Council, appoint another person
in lieu of the holder of that office in accordance with a nomination made
under sub-section (7) notwithstanding that that other person does not hold
that specified office.

(9) If a body on the nomination of which a member was appointed requests the
Minister to terminate the appointment of the member, the Minister shall
terminate the appointment accordingly.

(10) A member described in sub-section (1) as being the holder of a specified
office in a particular body shall cease to be a member upon ceasing to hold
that office.

(11) The appointment of a member is not invalidated, and shall not be called
in question, by reason of a defect or irregularity in or in connection with
his nomination or his appointment.

(12) The members hold office on such terms and conditions (if any) in respect
of matters not provided for by this Act as are determined by the Minister by
instrument in writing.

(13) The exercise of a power or the performance of a function by the Council
is not invalidated by reason of there being a vacancy or vacancies in the
membership of the Council.

(14) A member who has resigned, who has ceased to be a member by virtue of the
operation of sub-section (10) or whose appointment has been terminated under
sub-section (9) is eligible for re-appointment.