New South Wales Consolidated Acts

NATURE CONSERVATION TRUST ACT 2001 - SECT 18

18 Members of Board

(1) The Board is to consist of 9 part-time members (at least one of whom must be an Aboriginal person) appointed by the Minister, of whom:

(a) one is to be an officer of the Department of Environment and Climate Change, and

(c) 8 are to be members of the public (any one or more of whom may be a representative of any non-government agency).

(1A) The Chief Executive Officer of the Trust is not to be appointed as a member of the Board.

(2) The Minister is not to appoint a person referred to in subsection (1) (c) to the Board unless the Minister is satisfied that the person has the capacity to do one or more of the following:

(a) to increase public knowledge, understanding and appreciation of the importance of conservation of natural heritage by landholders and other community members,

(b) to increase public knowledge, understanding and appreciation of the importance of conservation and appropriate management of cultural heritage by landholders and other community members,

(c) to manage private land, including agricultural land,

(d) to encourage landholders to enter into Trust agreements and to take innovative approaches to conservation on private land,

(e) to provide advice to the Board on matters of local land use planning, local land use management and the operations of local councils,

(f) to attract and maintain financial support for the Trust,

(g) to ensure effective financial management of the Trust,

(h) to ensure sound and effective decision-making leading to the attainment of identified conservation goals,

(i) to provide effective leadership and direction to the Board.

(3) The Minister is to ensure, as far as is possible, that the composition of the Board is such that the Board as a whole has all the capacities specified in subsection (2).