NATIVE VEGETATION ACT 1991 - SECT 8
NATIVE VEGETATION ACT 1991 - SECT 8
8—Membership of the Council
(1) The Council
consists of seven members appointed by the Minister of whom—
(a) one
(who will be the presiding member of the Council) must be nominated by the
Minister; and
(b) one
must be a person selected by the Minister from a panel of three persons
nominated by Primary Producers SA Incorporated; and
(c) one
must be a person selected by the Minister from a panel of three persons
nominated by the Conservation Council of South Australia; and
(d) 1
must be a person selected by the Minister for the time being responsible for
the administration of the Landscape South Australia Act 2019 ; and
(e) one
must be a person selected by the Minister from a panel of three persons
nominated by the Local Government Association of South Australia;
(f) 1
must be a person with extensive knowledge of, and experience in, planning,
development or mining nominated by the Minister after consultation with the
Minister for Planning; and
(g) one
must be a person with extensive knowledge of, and experience in, the
preservation and management of native vegetation nominated by the Minister.
(2) All members of
the Council must have some knowledge of, and experience in, the preservation
and management of native vegetation.
(3) The members
nominated by Primary Producers SA Incorporated and the Local Government
Association of South Australia must be persons who—
(a)
carry on a business of primary production (whether as owner or manager of the
business); and
(b) live
on, or in close proximity to, the land on which the business is carried on;
and
(c)
manage the business on a daily basis.
(4) At least one
member of the Council must be a woman and one must be a man.
(6) The Minister may
appoint a deputy to a member of the Council and the deputy may, in the
absence, or during a temporary vacancy in the office, of that member, act as a
member of the Council.
(7) The appointment of
a deputy to a member is subject to the same nomination and qualification
requirements as the appointment of the member.
(8) In this
section—
"Minister for Planning" means the Minister who has portfolio responsibility
for urban and regional planning within the State.