15Associate members

15 Associate members

(1) The Minister may, by writing signed by the Minister:

(a) appoint one person to be an associate member of the Authority; or

(b) where the regulations declare that there may be a prescribed number of associate members of the Authority, appoint a number of persons, not being a number exceeding that prescribed number, to be associate members of the Authority.

(2) An associate member shall be appointed for:

(a) such period, not exceeding 5 years, as is specified in the instrument of appointment of the associate member; or

(b) a period commencing on a day specified in that instrument and ending on the day on which the Authority gives to the Minister a report specified in that instrument;

but is eligible for re‑appointment. (3) An associate member:

(a) may attend, and participate in discussions at:

(i) such meetings of the Authority as are specified in the instrument of appointment of the associate member; or

(ii) meetings of the Authority while a matter or matters specified in that instrument is or are being considered; and

(b) has a deliberate vote:

(i) at such meetings (if any) of the Authority as are specified in that instrument and at which the associate member is present; or

(ii) on a matter or matters (if any) specified in that instrument when a vote is taken on that matter or any of those matters, as the case may be, at a meeting of the Authority at which the associate member is present.

(4) The meetings specified in the instrument of appointment of an associate member for the purposes of subparagraph (3)(a)(i) or (b)(i) may be all meetings of the Authority held while the associate member is an associate member. (5) An associate member holds office on such terms and conditions (if any) in respect of matters not provided for by this Act as are determined by the Minister.