NSWIn ForceAct
Building and Construction Industry Long Service Payments Act 1986
8Constitution of Committee
Start here
Get a plain-English read of 8
Turn the raw legal text into a practical explanation grounded in Building and Construction Industry Long Service Payments Act 1986.
#### 8 Constitution of Committee
8 Constitution of Committee
> > (1) There is constituted by this Act the Building and Construction Industry Long Service Payments Committee.
>
> > (2) The Committee shall consist of 11 members, of whom—
> >
> > > (a) one, who shall be the Chairperson of the Committee, shall be the Chief Executive Officer or a person for the time being nominated by the Chief Executive Officer,
> >
> > > (b) 3 shall be persons appointed by the Minister from a panel of 6 persons nominated by Unions NSW,
> >
> > > (c) 3 shall be persons appointed by the Minister from a panel of 6 persons nominated jointly by the Master Builders’ Association of New South Wales and the Australian Federation of Employers and Industries, and
> >
> > > (d) 4 shall be persons appointed by the Minister who have a knowledge of, and experience in, the building and construction industry.
>
> > (3) Where, for the purposes of subsection (2) (b) or (c), nominations of persons to constitute a panel are not made within the time or in the manner specified by the Minister in a written notice given to the body or organisation entitled to make the nominations, the Minister may appoint a person to be a member of the Committee instead of the person required to be appointed from that panel and the person so appointed shall be deemed to have been duly nominated.
>
> > (4) Schedule 1 has effect with respect to the members and procedure of the Committee.
>
> > (5) In any legal proceedings, proof is not required (until evidence is given to the contrary) of—
> >
> > > (a) the constitution of the Committee,
> >
> > > (b) any resolution of the Committee,
> >
> > > (c) the appointment of, or the holding of office by, any member of the Committee, or
> >
> > > (d) the presence of a quorum at any meeting of the Committee.
>
> > (6) In any other Act, in any instrument made under any Act or in any other instrument of any kind, except in so far as the context or subject-matter otherwise indicates or requires, a reference to the “Building and Construction Industry Committee” shall be read as a reference to the Building and Construction Industry Long Service Payments Committee constituted by this section.
>
> **s 8:** Am 1998 No 33, Schs 1 \[3\] \[4\], 2 \[3\]; 2001 No 112, Sch 1.3 \[1\]; 2004 No 55, Sch 1.4 \[3\]; 2005 No 64, Sch 2.3; 2010 No 15, Sch 1 \[2\].