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NATIONAL PARKS AND WILDLIFE ACT 1972 - SECT 15

15—Establishment and membership of the Council

        (1)         The South Australian National Parks and Wildlife Council is established.

        (2)         The Council consists of eight members seven of whom will be appointed by the Governor on the recommendation of the Minister.

        (3)         The other member of the Council is the Director.

        (4)         Of the appointed members—

            (a)         one must have qualifications or experience in the conservation of animals, plants and ecosystems;

            (b)         another must be a person selected by the Minister from a panel of two men and two women nominated by the Conservation Council of South Australia Incorporated;

            (c)         another must have qualifications or experience in the management of natural resources;

            (d)         another must have qualifications or experience in organising community involvement in the conservation of animals, plants or other natural resources;

            (e)         another must have qualifications or experience in a field of science that is relevant to the conservation of ecosystems and to the relationship of wildlife with its environment;

            (f)         each of the remaining two must have qualifications or experience in at least one of the following:

                  (i)         ecologically based tourism; or

                  (ii)         business management; or

                  (iii)         financial management; or

                  (iv)         marketing,

being an area in which the other does not have qualifications or experience.

        (5)         Each of the appointed members of the Council must be a person who, in the opinion of the Minister, has a commitment to the conservation of animals, plants and other natural resources.

        (6)         At least two of the members of the Council must be men and two must be women.

        (7)         One of the appointed members of the Council will be appointed by the Governor, on the recommendation of the Minister, to be the presiding member of the Council.



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