Northern Territory Consolidated Regulations Northern Territory Consolidated Regulations(1) The Drillers' Qualifications Advisory Committee shall be constituted by 8 members appointed by the Minister:
(a) 2 of whom shall be qualified as hydrogeologists or groundwater engineers;
(b) 2 of whom shall have, in the Minister's opinion, adequate experience in the planning and conduct of drilling operations;
(c) 2 of whom shall be appointed to represent users and shall be persons who, in the Minister's opinion, are not involved in the drilling industry or employed in the public sector; and
(d) 2 of whom shall be appointed from a panel of not less than 3 names submitted to the Minister by the Australian Drilling Industry Association or, if no such panel is nominated, then as the Minister thinks fit.
(2) The Minister shall appoint one of the members of the Committee to be its chairman and such other members, in the order the Minister chooses, to be its acting chairman in the absence of the Chairman from a meeting of the Committee.
(3) The Chairman shall call such meetings of the Committee as the Controller directs.
(4) At a meeting of the Committee:
(a) the Chairman and 3 other members, one from each of the categories of members other than the Chairman's, constitute a quorum;
(b) questions arising shall be determined by a majority of the votes of the members present and voting and in the event of an equality of votes the matter shall be taken to have been defeated; and
(c) subject to this regulation, the Committee shall determine the procedure to be followed at or in connection with the meeting.
(5) The Committee shall keep records of its meetings.
(6) In this regulation "Chairman" includes an acting chairman while so acting.