Western Australian Current Acts

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT 1986 - SECT 25

25 .         Advisory groups, committees, councils and panels

        (1)         The Minister or the Authority may establish such groups, committees, councils and panels —

            (a)         as the Minister or the Authority thinks are necessary for the purpose of advising on the administration of this Act; and

            (b)         with such terms of reference in each case as the Minister or the Authority thinks fit.

        (2)         The Minister or the Authority may appoint such persons as the Minister or the Authority thinks fit to any group, committee, council or panel established under subsection (1).

        (3)         A member of a group, committee, council or panel appointed under subsection (2) is entitled to such remuneration and allowances as are on the recommendation of the Public Sector Commissioner determined by the Minister or the Authority, as the case requires, in the member’s case.

        (4)         The terms and conditions, other than those referred to in subsection (3), applicable to or in relation to a person appointed under subsection (2) shall be as determined by the Minister or the Authority, as the case requires, from time to time either generally or with respect to a particular appointment.

        (5)         A person appointed under subsection (2) is not by that reason alone an officer of the Public Service of the State.

        [Section 25 amended: No. 14 of 1998 s. 37; No. 39 of 2010 s. 89; No. 40 of 2020 s. 111(1).]