New South Wales Consolidated Acts

MUSEUM OF APPLIED ARTS AND SCIENCES ACT 1945 - SECT 4

4 Appointment of trustees

(1) The trustees are to be appointed by the Governor on the nomination of the Minister.

(2) The trustees must include:

(a) at least 1 person who has knowledge of, or experience in, the arts or sciences, and

(b) at least 1 person who has knowledge of, or experience in, education.

(3) A trustee is to hold office for such period, not exceeding 3 years, as is specified in the trustee’s instrument of appointment but is, subject to subsection (4), eligible for re-appointment.

(4) A trustee is not to hold office for 4 consecutive terms.

(5) On the occurrence of a vacancy in the office of a trustee otherwise than by the expiration of the trustee’s term of appointment, the Governor may, on the nomination of the Minister, appoint a person to fill the vacant office for the residue of the term of office of his or her predecessor.

(5A) For the purposes of subsection (4) only, an appointment under subsection (5) does not constitute (and is taken never to have constituted) an appointment for a term of office.