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PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT ACT 2005 - SECT 10

PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT ACT 2005 - SECT 10

10 .         Membership of board

        (1)         The board is to consist of the following members —

            (a)         a chairperson appointed by the Governor on the nomination of the Minister; and

            (b)         6 members appointed by the Governor, of whom —

                  (i)         one is to be a person nominated by the Minister from a list of the names of 4 persons representing the interests of local governments within the metropolitan region submitted to the Minister by WALGA; and

                  (ii)         one is to be a person nominated by the Minister from a list of the names of 4 persons representing the interests of the local governments outside the metropolitan region submitted to the Minister by WALGA; and

                  (iii)         one is to be a person nominated by the Minister as having experience of the field of coastal planning and management; and

                  (iv)         one is to be a person nominated by the Minister as having practical knowledge of and experience in one or more of the fields of urban and regional planning, property development, commerce and industry, business management, financial management, engineering, surveying, valuation, transport or urban design; and

                  (v)         one is to be a person nominated by the Minister as having practical knowledge of and experience in one or more of the fields of environmental conservation, natural resource management or heritage interests; and

                  (vi)         one is to be a person nominated by the Minister as having practical knowledge of and experience in one or more of the fields of planning and provision of community services, community affairs or indigenous interests;

                and

            (c)         the least number of other members who include —

                  (i)         the chief executive officer of the department principally assisting in the administration of this Act; and

                  (ii)         the chief executive officer of the department principally assisting in the administration of the Water Agencies (Powers) Act 1984 ; and

                  (iii)         the chief executive officer of the department principally assisting in the administration of the Transport Co-ordination Act 1966 ; and

                  (iv)         the chief executive officer of the department principally assisting in the administration of the Environmental Protection Act 1986 ; and

                  (v)         the chief executive officer of the department principally assisting in the administration of the Government Agreements Act 1979 ; and

                  (vi)         the chief executive officer of the department principally assisting in the administration of the Housing Act 1980 ; and

                  (vii)         a person, whether a member under another subparagraph or another person nominated by the Minister, who has experience in the field of urban and regional planning and is employed in an agency, as defined in the Public Sector Management Act 1994 , for which the Minister is responsible; and

                  (viii)         a person nominated by the Regional Minister.

        (2)         When the submission of a list of names is required for the purposes of subsection (1)(b)(i) or (ii), that submission is to be made to the Minister in writing signed on behalf of WALGA within such reasonable time after the receipt by WALGA of a notice from the Minister stating that the submission is required as is specified in the notice.

        (3)         If a submission is not made under subsection (2) within the time specified under that subsection, the Minister may nominate a person the Minister thinks fit to be a member in place of the person referred to in subsection (1)(b)(i) or (ii).

        [Section 10 amended: No. 25 of 2012 s. 222(2).]