Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) The council shall consist of the commissioner for consumer affairs, who shall be a member of the council because of his or her office and--
(a) such number of other members as the Minister specifies who shall have such qualifications for membership as the Minister specifies; or
(b) in the absence of specification by the Minister, 12 other members of whom--
(i) 2 shall be representative of consumers, of whom 1 shall also be representative of women engaged in home duties; and
(ii) 2 shall be currently engaged in the manufacture of goods or in the business of advertising and promotion of the supply of goods or services; and
(iii) 1 shall be currently engaged in the supply of goods or services to the public; and
(iv) 1 shall be representative of consumers resident outside the area of the City of Brisbane as constituted and declared under the City of Brisbane Act 1924; and
(v) 2 shall be members of an industrial union or industrial unions of employees; and
(vi) 1 shall be representative of persons engaged in the supply of professional services in Queensland; and
(vii) 1 shall be a person whose name is enrolled in Queensland as a barrister-at-law or a solicitor; and
(viii) 1 shall be or have been engaged in primary production; and
(ix) 1 shall be a person expert in the field of economics or finance.
(2) In making a specification as to the number or qualifications of members of the council the Minister shall have regard to the interest in consumer affairs of all sections of the community and shall, so far as possible, ensure--
(a) that the membership of the council is representative of the whole field of such community interest; and
(b) that the membership of the council includes representatives of producers, manufacturers and suppliers of goods and services (both as employers and employees) and of consumers of goods and services.
(2A) It shall not be competent to the Minister to make a specification with respect of the number of members of the council so as to vary the constitution of the council during the term of appointment of the whole number of members of the council (other than the commissioner) current at the time the specification is made.
(3) Members of the council other than the commissioner shall be appointed by the Governor in Council and such members are referred to in this division as appointed members.
(4) Subject to section 13, each appointed member shall be appointed for a term of 3 years ending on the same day as every other appointed member.