New South Wales Consolidated Acts

POULTRY MEAT INDUSTRY ACT 1986 - SECT 4

4 Constitution of Committee

(1) There is constituted by this Act a corporation under the corporate name of the “Poultry Meat Industry Committee”.

(2) The Committee:

(a) shall have and may exercise the functions conferred or imposed on it by or under this or any other Act,

(b) shall, for the purposes of any Act, be deemed to be a statutory body representing the Crown, and

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

(3) The Committee is to consist of 3 members appointed by the Minister, of whom:

(a) one is to be an independent person of the Minister’s own choosing, and

(b) two are to be independent persons of whom at least one is, in the opinion of the Minister, skilled in arbitration, mediation or some other form of dispute resolution.

(4) The member referred to in subsection (3) (a) shall be the Chairperson of the Committee.

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

(6) Schedule 2 has effect with respect to the procedure of the Committee.

(7) In subsection (3), "independent" means the following:

(a) not an officer of the Department,

(b) not a representative of processors or growers.