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South Australia
Construction Industry Training Fund (Board) Amendment
Bill 2018
A BILL FOR
An Act to amend the
Construction
Industry Training Fund Act 1993
.
Contents
Part 2—Amendment of Construction
Industry Training Fund Act 1993
4Amendment of section
5—Composition of the Board
5Amendment of section 7—Procedures of the
Board
6Amendment of section 10—Allowances and
expenses
7Amendment of section 21—Rate of
levy
Schedule 1—Transitional
provisions
The Parliament of South Australia enacts as
follows:
This Act may be cited as the Construction Industry Training Fund (Board)
Amendment Act 2018.
This Act will come into operation on a day to be fixed by
proclamation.
In this Act, a provision under a heading referring to the amendment of a
specified Act amends the Act so specified.
Part 2—Amendment
of Construction Industry Training Fund
Act 1993
4—Amendment
of section 5—Composition of the Board
Section 5(1) and (1a)—delete subsections (1) and (1a) and
substitute:
(1) Subject to this
section, the Board consists of the following members appointed by the Governor
on the nomination of the Minister:
(a) 1 person to be the presiding member of the Board;
(b) at least 4 (but not
more than 8) persons who have knowledge of, and experience or expertise in, the
building and construction industry;
(c) 2 persons who are, in the opinion of the Minister, independent of the
building and construction industry.
(1a) The Minister must, in making nominations for appointment to the
Board, seek to ensure that the membership of the Board comprises persons who
together have the knowledge, skills and experience necessary to enable the Board
to carry out its functions effectively.
(1b) The Minister must, before nominating a person for appointment to the
Board under
subsection (1)(b)
—
(a) give public notice, as the Minister may determine, inviting
expressions of interest for appointment to the Board under
subsection (1)(b)
to be submitted within a period specified in the notice; and
(b) take into account any expressions of interest received within the
specified period.
5—Amendment
of section 7—Procedures of the Board
(1) Section 7(1)—delete subsection (1) and substitute:
(1) A quorum of the Board consists of one half of the members of the Board
(ignoring any fraction resulting from the division) plus 1.
(2) Section 7(3) to (5)—delete subsections (3) to (5) (inclusive)
and substitute:
(3) A decision supported by the majority of the votes cast by members
present at a meeting of the Board is a decision of the Board.
(4) Each member present at a meeting of the Board has 1 vote on any
question arising for decision and, if the votes are equal, the member presiding
at the meeting may exercise a casting vote.
6—Amendment
of section 10—Allowances and expenses
Section 10—delete "not exceeding amounts determined by the Minister
after consultation with the Commissioner for Public Sector Employment" and
substitute:
approved by the Minister
7—Amendment
of section 21—Rate of levy
Section 21(2)—delete "approved at a meeting of the Board at which at
least one person appointed by the Governor under section 5(1)(c), and at least
one person appointed by the Governor under section 5(1)(d), are
present"
Schedules 2 and 3—delete the Schedules
Schedule 1—Transitional
provisions
The office of each member of the Construction Industry Training Board under
the
Construction
Industry Training Fund Act 1993
holding office immediately before the commencement of
section 4
of this Act is, on the commencement of that section, vacated.