Victorian Numbered Acts Victorian Numbered Acts(1) The Forestry Industry Council consists of the following 10 members appointed by the Minister—
(a) a chairperson;
(b) 1 part-time member nominated by the Secretary to the Department of Primary Industries;
Note: The part-time member nominated by the Secretary does not have any voting rights on the Council: see clause 7(4) of Schedule 1.
(c) the following 8 part-time members—
(i) 1 person nominated by the Victorian Association of Forest Industries;
(ii) 1 person nominated by the Australian Plantation Products and Paper Industry Council Ltd (A.C.N. 005 904 898);
(iii) 2 persons nominated by the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union;
(iv) 2 persons nominated by the Victorian Harvesting and Cartage Council;
(v) 2 persons nominated by VicForests.
(2) If, for the purposes of section (1)(b) or (c)—
(a) a nomination is not submitted within the time or in the manner directed by the Minister; or
(b) a person nominated is considered by the Minister to be unsuitable or inappropriate for membership of the Forestry Industry Council—
the Minister may instead—
(c) appoint a person who in the Minister's opinion is suitably representative of the persons represented by the body referred to in those paragraphs to be a member; or
(d) call for a further nomination from the relevant body.
(3) In this section—
"VicForests" has the same meaning as in the Conservation, Forests and Lands Act 1987 .