Western Australian Current Acts

GOVERNMENT TRADING ENTERPRISES ACT 2023 - SECT 26

26 .         Committees

        (1)         A GTE’s board may appoint committees to assist it in the performance of its functions, and may alter or discharge any committee.

        (2)         A committee may determine its own procedures, to the extent that they are not fixed under this Act, subject to the direction of the board.

        (3)         A meeting of a committee cannot proceed unless the number of members of the committee present who are directors of the GTE exceeds the number of members present who are not.

        (4)         The regulations may provide for the remuneration of the members of a committee who are not also directors or members of staff of the GTE.

        (5)         The matters that the regulations may deal with include —

            (a)         whether a member is entitled to remuneration; and

            (b)         whether the remuneration may be determined by the GTE’s board; and

            (c)         whether the remuneration must be determined on the recommendation of the Portfolio Minister.

        (6)         A member of a committee may be reimbursed expenses reasonably incurred in the performance of their functions as a member of the committee, as determined by the Portfolio Minister from time to time.

        (7)         A GTE must provide a committee with the administrative support and facilities the committee reasonably requires for the performance of the committee’s functions.