Victorian Current Acts Victorian Current Acts(1) A selection committee is to be established and appointed by the Minister to make nominations for appointment to the Authority.
(2) The selection committee consists of 3 members of whom—
(a) one is to be appointed on the nomination of the State organisation or State division of an organisation that the Minister determines is best representative of dairy farmers; and
(b) two are to be appointed on the nomination of the State organisations or State divisions of organisations that the Minister determines are best representative of dairy food manufacturers.
(3) The Minister may reject as unsuitable a nomination for appointment under subsection (2) and may call for a further nomination.
(4) A person is not eligible to be nominated for appointment under subsection (2) unless he or she has qualifications or experience in the industry which he or she is nominated to represent.
(5) A member of the Authority is not eligible to be appointed to a selection committee.
(6) The chairperson is to be selected by the committee from among its members.
(7) Subject to this Act, a selection committee may regulate its own proceedings.
(8) The Authority must meet the expenses reasonably incurred—
(a) by a member of the committee in performing his or her duties; and
(b) in convening and conducting meetings of the committee.
(9) The Minister may, at any time—
(a) remove a committee member from office if the member—
(i) becomes incapable of performing his or her duties;
(ii) is negligent in the performance of those duties;
(iii) engages in improper conduct;
(iv) is found guilty of an offence against this Act; or
(b) dissolve the committee.
(10) A member of the committee may resign his or her office by writing delivered to the Minister.
(11) The office of a member of the committee becomes vacant on the receipt by the Minister of a written notice of withdrawal of the person's nomination by the organisation or organisations which nominated the person for appointment.