New South Wales Consolidated Acts

LAKE ILLAWARRA AUTHORITY ACT 1987 - SECT 6

6 The Authority

(1) There is constituted by this Act a corporation under the corporate name “Lake Illawarra Authority”.

(2) The Authority:

(a) has the functions conferred or imposed on it by or under this or any other Act,

(b) is, for the purposes of any Act, a statutory body representing the Crown, and

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

(3) The Authority shall consist of 10 part-time members appointed by the Minister.

(4) Of the members:

(a) 1 shall be appointed from a panel of 3 persons nominated by the Wollongong City Council,

(b) 1 shall be appointed from a panel of 3 persons nominated by the Shellharbour Council, and

(b1) 1 member is to be appointed to represent NSW Fisheries,

(b2) 1 member is to be appointed to represent the Department of Land and Water Conservation,

(b3) 1 member is to be the chairperson of the board of the catchment management authority under the Catchment Management Authorities Act 2003 whose area of operations includes Lake Illawarra,

(c) 1 of the other 5 members shall, in and by the instrument by which the member is appointed (or by another instrument signed by the Minister), be appointed as the Chairperson of the Authority.

(5) If nominations for the purposes of subsection (4) (a) or (b) are not made in the manner and within the time notified by the Minister to the nominating body, the Minister may appoint a member who shall be deemed to have been duly nominated by the body.

(6) Schedule 3 has effect with respect to the members.

(7) Schedule 4 has effect with respect to the procedure of the Authority.