New South Wales Consolidated Acts

CROWN LANDS ACT 1989 - SECT 19

19 Appointment of Chairpersons and Senior Chairperson

(1) The Governor may appoint Chairpersons of Local Land Boards.

(2) A Chairperson, other than a Chairperson appointed under subsection (3), shall be appointed under and subject to the Public Sector Management Act 1988 .

(3) Without affecting the generality of subsection (1), the Governor may, if the holder of any office prescribed for the purposes of this subsection is entitled to hold that office and the office of Chairperson of Local Land Boards, appoint the holder of the prescribed office as a Chairperson of Local Land Boards.

(4) The Minister shall, if there are 2 or more Chairpersons, appoint one of those persons as Senior Chairperson of Local Land Boards.

(5) If the Minister is satisfied that the Chairperson of a local land board:

(a) will be absent at a time when the board is to sit, or

(b) for any reason, will be unable to act, or should not act, at a particular sitting of the board,

the Minister may appoint a person to act as Chairperson at the sitting.