New South Wales Consolidated Acts

TECHNICAL AND FURTHER EDUCATION COMMISSION ACT 1990 - SECT 11

11 TAFE Commission Board

(1) There shall be a TAFE Commission Board.

(2) The TAFE Commission Board is to consist of the following 13 members:

(a) the Managing Director of the TAFE Commission,

(b) a senior member of staff, or a senior public servant employed in the Department of Education and Training, for the time being nominated by the Minister,

(e) a person for the time being nominated by the Minister for School Education and Youth Affairs,

(f) 10 members appointed by the Minister.

(3) The senior member of staff, or the senior public servant employed in the Department of Education and Training, nominated by the Minister must have a background in education if the Managing Director does not have such a background.

(4) The members appointed by the Minister must have such qualifications and experience in the areas of management, industry, commerce, industrial relations, higher education, vocational education and training or community service as the Minister considers necessary to enable them to make a valuable contribution to technical and further education in the State.

(5) In making appointments of members, the Minister is to have regard to the need to appoint:

(a) both men and women, and

(b) persons who have knowledge or expertise in the education and training of women, Aborigines, persons from non-English speaking backgrounds, persons with disabilities and persons from rural areas, and

(c) persons with knowledge or expertise in basic or pre-vocational education as well as vocational education and training.

(6) Schedule 1 has effect with respect to the members and procedure of the TAFE Commission Board.