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ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION AND BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION REGULATIONS 2000 2000 NO. 181 - REG 11.03

Deputy members
(1)
If, under subsection 377 (4) of the Act, a majority of the members of a Board must be nominated by the traditional owners of indigenous people's land situated in the reserve, the traditional owners may nominate another indigenous person, as the deputy of each member so nominated.

(2)
A member of a Board who was not nominated by the traditional owners of indigenous people's land in the reserve may, with the Minister's approval, nominate, as the deputy of the member, a person who is qualified to be a member.

(3)
A person who is nominated to be the deputy of a member of a Board may, if the member is absent from a meeting of the Board, attend the meeting and, when attending, is taken to be a member of the Board.

(4)
However, a person who is nominated to be the deputy of a member of a Board must not preside at a meeting of the Board.

(5)
If the traditional owners of indigenous people's land in the reserve for which a Board is established nominate a person under subregulation (1) to be the deputy of a member of the Board, the traditional owners may revoke the nomination.

(6)
A member of a Board who was not nominated by the traditional owners of indigenous people's land situated in the reserve for which the Board is established may, with the Minister's approval, revoke a nomination made by the member under subregulation (2).

(7)
A deficiency or irregularity in the selection or nomination of a person as the deputy of a member of a Board does not invalidate the actions of the person as the deputy of a member of the Board.



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