New South Wales Consolidated Acts

EXHIBITED ANIMALS PROTECTION ACT 1986 - SECT 6

6 The advisory committee

(1) There is constituted by this Act an Exhibited Animals Advisory Committee.

(2) The advisory committee:

(a) shall have and may exercise the functions conferred or imposed on it by or under this or any other Act,

(b) shall, for the purposes of any Act, be deemed to be a statutory body representing the Crown, and

(c) shall, in the exercise of its functions (except in relation to the contents of a report or a recommendation made by it to the Minister), be subject to the control and direction of the Minister.

(3) The advisory committee shall consist of 6 members who shall be appointed by the Minister.

(4) Of the members:

(a) one is to be a person nominated by the Minister,

(b) one is to be a person selected by the Minister from a panel of persons nominated by the board,

(c) one shall be a person nominated by the Minister administering the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974 ,

(d) one shall be a person nominated by the Minister administering the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act 1979 ,

(e) one shall be a person selected by the Minister from persons nominated by prescribed animal welfare organisations, and

(f) one shall be a person selected by the Minister from persons nominated by prescribed organisations representing exhibitors of animals.

(5) Where, but for this subsection, the Minister would be unable to appoint a member because of the failure of a person or body to nominate a person or panel of persons in accordance with any paragraph of subsection (4):

(a) the Minister may appoint any person the Minister considers qualified to hold office as that member, and

(b) the person so appointed shall be a member and shall be deemed to have been appointed in accordance with that paragraph.

(6) Schedule 1 has effect with respect to the members.

(7) Schedule 2 has effect with respect to the procedure of the advisory committee.