Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts24. Establishment and constitution of Review Panel
(1) The Minister may, by instrument in writing, establish a Water Resources Review Panel to advise the Minister in reviewing his or her actions or those of the Controller.
(2) The Review Panel shall consist of a chairman appointed by the Minister (who shall, subject to this Division, hold office for 3 years but is eligible for reappointment) and, for the purposes of considering, and advising the Minister on, a matter referred to the Review Panel under section 30(3)(b), not less than 2 persons nominated by the Chairman from a group appointed under subsection (3) who shall hold office as members of the Review Panel for as long as the Chairman considers it necessary to enable the Review Panel to perform its functions in relation to the matter.
(3) The Minister shall, by instrument in writing, appoint a group of 8 persons for the purposes of subsection (2) having respectively, in the Minister's opinion, relevant qualifications or experience in bore drilling, primary industry, secondary industry, Aboriginal affairs, public health, environmental management, fisheries and mining.
(4) When the occasion arises for the Chairman to nominate members to constitute with him or her the Review Panel for the purposes of a particular matter, the Chairman shall choose those members of the group who, in the Chairman's opinion, are best qualified and available to constitute the Review Panel for the consideration of that matter.
(5) Nothing in this Division prevents the Review Panel from being constituted by different members for the purposes of 2 or more matters being considered concurrently by the Review Panel or a member of the Review Panel from being a member in respect of 2 or more matters at the same time.