Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts19. Membership of Board
(1) The Board shall consist of 8 members appointed by the Minister, 4 of whom shall be members of the group and be appointed on the nomination of the Land Council.
(2) As soon as practicable after an appointment under subsection (1) has been made, the Minister shall cause notice of that appointment to be published in the Gazette .
(3) Subject to sections 20 and 21, a member of the Board holds office for a period of 3 years but is eligible for reappointment.
(4) Where a member of the Board is, or is about to be, unable, whether on account of illness or otherwise, to perform the duties of his office, the Land Council may appoint a member of the group to act in the place of that member during the period during which that member is unable to perform the duties of his office, unless the first-mentioned member has, under section 23(4), given to another member a general authority to vote for him at meetings of the Board during the first-mentioned member's inability to perform the duties of his office.
(5) A person appointed to act in the place of a member of the Board has all the functions, powers and duties of that member.
(6) The performance or exercise of a function or power of the Board is not affected by reason only of there being a vacancy in the office of a member of the Board.