ENDANGERED SPECIES PROTECTION ACT 1992 No. 194 of 1992 - SECT 140 Appointment of members

ENDANGERED SPECIES PROTECTION ACT 1992 No. 194 of 1992 - SECT 140

140.(1) Members are to be appointed by the Minister.

(2) The Minister must ensure that the membership includes members who are
appointed to represent the following:

   (a)  the body known as the Australian and New Zealand Environment and
        Conservation Council;

   (b)  conservation organisations that are not authorities of the
        Commonwealth or of any State or Territory;

   (c)  the scientific community (including both that part of the scientific
        community concerned with marine species and that part of the
        scientific community concerned with terrestrial species);

   (d)  the rural community;

   (e)  the business community;

   (f)  the Commonwealth.

(3) The Minister must ensure that, as far as practicable, each one of at least
5 members:

   (a)  possesses scientific qualifications that the Minister thinks relevant
        to the performance of the Advisory Committee's functions; and

   (b)  is appointed to represent the scientific community and is not
        appointed to represent any of the other bodies, groups of bodies or
        communities referred to in subsection (2).

(4) The Minister must ensure that a majority of the members are not persons
employed by the Commonwealth or Commonwealth agencies.