Commonwealth Numbered Acts

MERIT PROTECTION (AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES) ACT 1984 No. 65, 1984 - SECT 63

63. (1) The Agency shall consist of the following members, namely:

   (a)  the Director; and

   (b)  not less than 2, and not more than 4, other members.

(2) The Director and the other members shall be appointed by the
Governor-General.

(3) The Director shall be appointed on a full-time basis.

(4) Subject to sub-section (5), a member (other than the Director) may be
appointed on either a full-time or a part-time basis.

(5) Not more than 2 members (other than the Director) may be appointed on a
full-time basis.

(6) One full-time member (who may be the Director) shall be selected after
consultation between the Minister or his representative and the Australian
Council of Trade Unions.

(7) The Director and the other members hold office on such terms and
conditions (in respect of matters not provided for by this Act) as are
determined by the Minister by writing.

(8) The performance of the functions, and the exercise of the powers, of the
Agency are not affected by reason only of there being a vacancy or vacancies
in the membership of the Agency.

(9) The reference in sub-section (6) to a representative of the Minister shall
be read as a reference to a person appointed by the Minister, in writing, to
be his representative for the purposes of that sub-section.