Commonwealth Numbered Acts

AUSTRALIAN HERITAGE COMMISSION AMENDMENT ACT 1976 No. 135 of 1976 - SECT 6

6. (1) Section 12 of the Principal Act is amended-

   (a)  by omitting sub-section (1) and substituting the following
        sub-sections:-

''(1) The Commission shall consist of-

   (a)  the Chairman; and

   (b)  not fewer than 4 nor more than 6 other Commissioners.

''(1A) A person who is the Permanent Head of a Department or the Chairman of
an authority of the Commonwealth may be appointed as a Commissioner, but not
more than 2 such persons shall hold office as Commissioners at the one
time.'';

   (b)  by omitting from sub-section (5) the words ''in paragraph (1) (c)''
        and substituting the words ''in paragraph (1) (b), other than
        representative Commissioners'';

(c) by omitting from paragraph (a) of sub-section (5) the words ''in the
several States and in the Northern Territory'' and substituting the words ''in
different parts of Australia''; and

   (d)  by omitting sub-section (6).

(2) The person who was, immediately before the commencement of this Act, the
Chairman of the Commission continues to be the Chairman of the Commission as
if he had been appointed as the Chairman under the Principal Act as amended by
this Act and holds office, subject to the Principal Act as amended by this
Act, for the remainder of the period of his appointment under the Principal
Act.

(3) A person who held office as a Commissioner other than the Chairman
immediately before the commencement of this Act continues to hold office as a
Commissioner as if he had been appointed as a Commissioner under the Principal
Act as amended by this Act and, if he was appointed for a specified period,
holds office, subject to the Principal Act as amended by this Act, for the
remainder of the period of his appointment under the Principal Act.