Victorian Current Acts Victorian Current Acts(1) The Authority is to consist of 7 members.
(2) The Minister may appoint 1 member who is to be the Chairperson.
(3) The Minister may appoint 1 member who is to be an employee of the Department nominated by the Secretary to the Department.
(4) The Minister must appoint the other 5 members after consideration of any recommendations of the selection committee and having regard to their expertise in one or more of the following areas—
(a) on-farm milk production;
(b) dairy food manufacturing;
(c) public health;
(d) food technology and safety;
(e) business management;
(f) consumer issues;
(g) any other area which the Minister considers relevant to the functions or powers of the Authority.
(5) The Authority may appoint one of the members to be Deputy Chairperson.
(6) If the Minister requests the selection committee to make a recommendation for an appointment to the Authority and specifies a period within which the recommendation must be made and the committee does not comply with the request, the Minister may make that appointment without that recommendation.