New South Wales Consolidated Acts

INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS (ETHICAL CLOTHING TRADES) ACT 2001 - SECT 6

6 Membership and procedure of Council

(1) The Council is to consist of the following 7 part-time members:

(a) one person appointed by the Minister who is to be Chairperson of the Council,

(b) one person appointed by the Minister from a panel of 3 persons nominated by Australian Retailers Association, New South Wales Division,

(c) one person appointed by the Minister from a panel of 3 persons nominated by Australian Business Limited,

(d) one person appointed by the Minister from a panel of 3 persons nominated by The Australian Industry Group, New South Wales Branch,

(e) one person appointed by the Minister from a panel of 3 persons nominated by Unions NSW,

(f) one person appointed by the Minister from a panel of 3 persons nominated by The Textile Clothing and Footwear Union of New South Wales,

(g) one person having such experience or skills in the clothing industry as the Minister considers will enable the person to make a contribution to the work of the Council or who is chosen by the Minister to represent consumer, community or other interests.

(2) The person appointed as Chairperson is to have such knowledge of outwork practices in the clothing trades as the Minister considers necessary to ensure that the work of the Council is efficiently performed.

(3) The Chairperson must not be a person who represents an employer or employees engaged in the clothing trades or a person who has a direct financial interest in the clothing industry.

(4) If nominations for the purposes of subsection (1) (b), (c), (d), (e) or (f) are not submitted within the time or in the manner directed by the Minister, the Minister may appoint a person to be a member instead of the member required to be appointed, being a person who in the Minister’s opinion is suitably representative of the persons represented by the bodies referred to in those paragraphs.

(5) Schedule 1 has effect with respect to the Council.