Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Catchment and Land Protection Act 1994 - SECT 19J

Committees established by Authorities

19J. Committees established by Authorities



(1) An Authority may establish-

   (a)  a committee to advise the Authority on any matter referred by the
        Authority; and

   (b)  a committee to exercise any power or perform any function, authority
        or discretion delegated to it by the Authority.



(2) The following provisions apply to committees-

   (a)  an Authority may at any time remove from office a member of a
        committee and must provide in writing to the member the reasons for
        the removal;

   (b)  a committee may act despite any vacancy in its membership;

   (c)  subject to this Act and any rules made under paragraph (d), a
        committee may regulate its own proceedings;

   (d)  an Authority may, by resolution, make rules, with which committees
        must comply, about-

   (i)  their quorums; and

   (ii) voting powers of their members; and

   (iii) their proceedings;

   (e)  the Minister by notice published in the Government Gazette may declare
        that a committee is a corporation, and may dissolve a corporation of
        that sort in the same way;

   (f)  an Authority must obtain the Minister's consent before it delegates
        any of its powers, functions, authorities or discretions to a
        committee of which any members are not members or officers of the
        Authority;

   (g)  the Minister may specify rules of procedure for the exercise of a
        delegated power by a committee referred to in paragraph (f) and any
        purported exercise of that delegated power by such a committee
        otherwise than in accordance with those rules is void.

(3) A member of a committee is entitled to be paid any fees and allowances
fixed by the Minister.

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