South Australian Consolidated Acts

PASTORAL LAND MANAGEMENT AND CONSERVATION ACT 1989 - SECT 12

12—Establishment of the Pastoral Board

        (1)         The Pastoral Board is established.

        (2)         The Board consists of 6 members appointed by the Governor, of whom—

            (a)         one, being a person who has, in the opinion of the Minister, wide experience in administration of pastoral leases, will be appointed on the nomination of the Minister; and

            (b)         one, being a person who has, in the opinion of the Minister for Environment and Heritage, a wide knowledge of the ecology, and experience in the management, of the pastoral land of this State, will be appointed on the nomination of that Minister; and

            (c)         one, being a person who, in the opinion of the Minister for Primary Industries, Natural Resources and Regional Development, has had wide experience in the field of land and soil conservation of pastoral land, will be appointed on the nomination of that Minister; and

            (d)         one will be selected by the Minister from a list of 3 persons who produce beef cattle on pastoral land outside the dog fence, submitted by the South Australian Farmers Federation; and

            (e)         one will be selected by the Minister from a list of 3 persons who produce sheep on pastoral land inside the dog fence, submitted by the South Australian Farmers Federation; and

            (f)         one will be selected by the Minister from a list of 3 persons submitted by the Conservation Council of South Australia Inc.

        (3)         At least one member must be a woman and one a man.

        (4)         The Governor will appoint a member of the Board to preside at meetings of the Board.

        (5)         The Governor must appoint a deputy to each member of the Board.

        (6)         A person who is to be the deputy of a member appointed under subsection (2)(d), (e) or (f) must be appointed in the same manner as the member was appointed to the Board.

        (7)         Where the appointments of a member under subsection (2)(d), (e) or (f) and of that member's deputy are being made at the same time, both must be selected from the one panel of names.

        (8)         A deputy may, in the absence of the member, act as a member of the Board.