12AMembership of Practitioners Board

12A Membership of Practitioners Board (1) Subject to this section, the Minister: (a) must appoint in writing the persons the Minister considers appropriate to be members of the Practitioners Board; and (b) must appoint in writing: (i) one of those members to be the Chairperson of the Board; and (ii) another of those members to be the Deputy Chairperson of the Board. Building Act 1993 12 (2) Without limiting subsection (1)(a), a member of the Advisory Committee or a member of the Appeals Board may be appointed as a member, but the Director cannot be appointed as a member. (3) At least one member must be a lawyer who has been admitted to the legal profession for at least 5 years. (4) The members who are not lawyers (the industry members) must be persons the Minister considers have appropriate experience in the building industry or matters connected with the building industry. (5) If practicable, at least one industry member must be appointed to represent the interests of each category of building practitioner. (6) An industry member who is appointed to represent the interests of a category of building practitioner must be: (a) registered in the category of building practitioner the member is appointed to represent; and (b) chosen by the Minister in accordance with section 12B. (7) An industry member cannot be appointed to represent more than one category of building practitioner, but 2 or more industry members may be appointed to represent the interests of the same category of building practitioner. (8) In this section: category of building practitioner does not include a sub-category of a category of building practitioner.