New South Wales Consolidated Acts

NATURE CONSERVATION TRUST ACT 2001 - SECT 19

19 Appointment of non-government members of Board

(1) This section applies in respect of the appointment of non-government members of the Board.

(2) The Minister is to cause an advertisement inviting written nominations of persons for appointment to the Board to be published in a newspaper circulating throughout New South Wales.

(3) The advertisement must specify the following:

(a) the number of members to be appointed to the Board pursuant to nomination,

(b) the particular skills and experience that an appointee will be required to have,

(c) the closing date for nominations (being a date not earlier than 28 days after the date of the advertisement),

(d) the address to which nominations are to be sent.

(4) The advertisement must also state that a nomination will not be accepted unless the nominee’s written consent to the nomination is forwarded with the nomination.

(5) The Minister must not appoint a person as a member of the Board unless:

(a) the person was duly nominated under this section, and

(b) nominations have closed, and

(c) the Minister has considered all nominations duly received.