Western Australian Consolidated Acts

CONSERVATION AND LAND MANAGEMENT ACT 1984 - SECT 26D

26D .         Membership of Marine Authority

        (1)         The Marine Authority comprises 7 members, appointed by the Governor on the nomination of the Minister.

        (2)         The members are to be persons who, in the opinion of the Minister, have knowledge and experience or a particular function or vocational interest which is relevant to the functions of the Marine Authority.

        (3)         One of the members shall, on the nomination of the Minister, be appointed by the Governor as chairman of the Marine Authority and another as deputy chairman.

        (4)         Reasonable notice of meetings of the Marine Authority shall be given to the CEO and to the chief executive officer of any other agency which, in the view of the chairman, is concerned with a matter to be considered at the meeting, and no resolution purportedly passed at a meeting shall be valid unless such notice of the meeting was duly given.

        (5)         Subject to subsection (6) —

            (a)         the CEO, or the CEO’s representative, is entitled to attend any meeting and to take part in the consideration and discussion of any matter before a meeting, but shall not vote on any matter; and

            (b)         a chief executive officer of another agency who receives notice under subsection (4), or that chief executive officer’s representative, is entitled to attend any meeting and to take part in the consideration and discussion of any matter before a meeting that concerns that agency, but shall not vote on any matter.

        (6)         The Marine Authority may decide to exclude the persons referred to in subsection (5) (but not some of them only) from a meeting while it is considering a matter that relates to the functions or actions of any agency in relation to management plans for lands and waters vested in the Marine Authority.

        (7)         In this section —

        “agency” has the meaning given to it by the Public Sector Management Act 1994 ;

        “chief executive officer” includes chief employee within the meaning of the Public Sector Management Act 1994 .

        [Section 26D inserted by No. 5 of 1997 s. 17; amended by No. 28 of 2006 s. 190, 208 and 209.]