Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) The Protection
Board shall, by declaration, appoint a Deputy Chief Officer or officer of the
Protection Board to be the chairman of an authority.
(2) A person may hold
office as chairman of 2 or more authorities simultaneously.
(3) The Protection
Board shall, by declaration and in accordance with this section, appoint
eligible persons to be the members of an authority and appoint one of those
members to be the deputy chairman of the authority.
(4) Whenever an
appointment is to be made to an office or offices of member of an authority,
being an office or offices representing a region of that zone that has a
committee, the Protection Board shall in the prescribed manner request that
committee to nominate, in accordance with the regulations, members of the
committee who are willing to act in the office of member of the authority.
(5) Where, in response
to a request under subsection (4), nominations are submitted to the
Protection Board in accordance with the regulations, the Protection Board
shall appoint one or more, as the case requires, of the persons so nominated,
as a member or members of the authority.
(6) Where a committee
does not submit nominations to the Protection Board in accordance with the
regulations the Protection Board may appoint such member or members, as the
case requires, of the committee as it thinks fit to be a member or members of
the authority.
(7) Whenever an
appointment is to be made to an office or offices of member of an authority of
a zone, being an office or offices representing a region of that zone that
does not have a committee, the Protection Board shall in the prescribed manner
request —
(a) the
local government of each district that is within or partly within that region;
and
(b) each
producer association that has members in that region,
to nominate, in
accordance with the regulations, members of the council of the local
government or of the association, as the case may be, who are willing to act
in the office of member of the authority.
(8) Subject to
subsection (11), where, in response to requests under
subsection (7), nominations are submitted to the Protection Board in
accordance with the regulations, the Protection Board shall compile those
nominations into a panel and shall appoint one or more, as the case requires,
of the persons named on that panel as a member or members of the authority.
(9) Whenever an
appointment is to be made to an office or offices of member of an authority of
a zone and that zone is not divided into regions, the Protection Board shall
in the prescribed manner request —
(a) the
local government of each district that is within or partly within that zone;
and
(b) each
producer association that has members in that zone,
to nominate, in
accordance with the regulations, members of the council of the local
government or of the association, as the case may be, who are willing to act
in the office of member of the authority.
(10) Subject to
subsection (11), where, in response to requests under
subsection (a), nominations are submitted to the Protection Board in
accordance with the regulations, the Protection Board shall compile those
names into a panel and shall appoint one or more, as the case requires, of the
persons named on that panel as a member or members of the authority.
(11) Where, after
requests under subsection (7) or (9), no nominations are submitted in
accordance with the regulations or the nominations so submitted are, in the
opinion of the Protection Board, inadequate for the purpose of forming a panel
under subsection (8) or (10), as the case may be, the Protection Board
may appoint such eligible person or eligible persons, as the case requires, as
it thinks fit to be a member or members of the authority.
(12) The Protection
Board may appoint an eligible person as the deputy of a member of an
authority.
(13) The provisions of
this section that apply to and in relation to the appointment of a member of
an authority apply, with any necessary modification, to and in relation to the
appointment of the deputy of that member.
(14) A person
appointed pursuant to subsection (12) is, in the event of the absence
from a meeting of the authority of the member of whom he is the deputy,
entitled to attend that meeting and, when so attending, is deemed to be a
member of the authority and has all the powers, functions and duties of a
member of the authority.
(15) Where a member of
an authority is absent from a meeting of the authority and —
(a) no
person has been appointed as deputy of that member; or
(b) the
person who is appointed to be the deputy of that member is also absent from
the meeting,
any other deputy of a
member may, if authorised in writing by the member who is absent from the
meeting, attend that meeting and, when so attending, is deemed to be a member
of the authority and has all the powers, functions and duties of a member of
the authority.
[Section 15 amended by No. 40 of 1978
s. 2; No. 55 of 1979 s. 5; No. 14 of 1996 s. 4.]