Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) The Minister may,
after a request from the Board, establish an advisory committee or committees
(a committee ) to provide advice to the Board for consideration in the
performance of the Board’s functions and the exercise of the
Board’s powers.
(2) A committee is to
consist of not more than 7 persons or another number of persons that is
prescribed for the purposes of this subsection who have such knowledge,
experience or qualifications as the Minister considers appropriate to the
matters on which the committee is to advise.
(3) One or more
members of the Board may, but need not, be appointed to a committee.
(4) The Minister may
make such arrangements as the Minister considers appropriate for the receipt
of nominations for the purposes of an appointment under subsection (2).
(5) The Minister is to
appoint one of the members of a committee to be the chairperson of the
committee.
(6) The Minister may
give directions in writing to a committee as to its procedure but otherwise a
committee may determine its own procedure.
(7) The Board is to
provide a committee with such support services as it may reasonably require.
(8) A member of a
committee —
(a) is
to hold office for such term not exceeding 2 years as is specified in the
instrument appointing the member;
(b) is,
on the expiration of the member’s term of office, eligible for
reappointment; and
(c) may
hold office on more than one committee contemporaneously.
(9) A member of a
committee, other than a member who is also a member of the Board, is to be
paid from moneys standing to the credit of the General Purpose Account such
remuneration and allowances as are determined in the case of the member by the
Minister on the recommendation of the Minister for Public Sector Management.
(10) The Minister may
terminate the appointment of a member of a committee for inability,
inefficiency or misbehaviour.
(11) Section 8(4)
applies to a member of a committee as if a reference in section 8(4)
—
(a) to a
member of the Board included a member of a committee; and
(b) to
the Board included the committee.
[Section 23A inserted by No. 34 of 1998
s. 9; amended by No. 77 of 2006 s. 17.]