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City of Adelaide Act 1998
Div 1Establishment of the Capital City Committee
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Division 1—Establishment of the Capital City Committee
6—Establishment of the Capital City Committee
The Capital City Committee is established.
7—Membership of the Capital City Committee
(1) The Capital City Committee consists of the following members:
(a) —
(i) the Premier, or a Minister nominated by the Premier; and
(ii) two other Ministers nominated by the Premier; and
(i) the Lord Mayor or, if the Lord Mayor chooses not to be a member of the Committee, another member of the Adelaide City Council nominated by the Council; and
(ii) two other members of the Adelaide City Council nominated by the Council.
(2) A person ceases to be a member of the Committee if—
(a) in the case of a person holding office as a member under subsection (1)(a)—
(i) in the case of a nominee of the Premier under subsection (1)(a)(i)—the nomination is withdrawn by the Premier; or
(ii) the person ceases to be a Minister; or
(iii) another Minister is nominated in substitution for the person;
(b) in the case of a person holding office as a member under subsection (1)(b)—
(i) in the case of a nominee of the Adelaide City Council under subsection (1)(b)(i)—the Lord Mayor chooses to become a member of the Committee, or another member of the Council is nominated in substitution for the person; or
(ii) the person ceases to be a member of the Adelaide City Council; or
(iii) in the case of a nominee of the Adelaide City Council under subsection (1)(b)(ii)—another member of the Adelaide City Council is nominated in substitution for the person.
(3) The performance of a function or the exercise of a power by the Committee is not affected by a vacancy or vacancies in the membership of the Committee.
(4) Anything done by or in relation to a person purporting to act under a nomination under this section is not invalid merely because there was a defect or irregularity in connection with the nomination.
(5) A member of the Committee incurs no civil liability for an honest act or omission in the performance or exercise, or purported performance or exercise, of the member's or the Committee's functions or powers under this Act.
(6) A civil liability that would, but for subsection (5), attach to a member attaches instead to—
(a) in the case of a member holding office under subsection (1)(a)—the Crown;
(b) in the case of a member holding office under subsection (1)(b)—the Adelaide City Council.
8—Chairperson of the Capital City Committee
The Premier, or another member of the Committee nominated by the Premier from time to time, will be the Chairperson of the Capital City Committee.
9—Deputies
(1) The Premier may nominate a Minister to be a deputy of the Premier, or of another Minister, for the purposes of the Capital City Committee.
(2) The Adelaide City Council may nominate a member of the Council to be a deputy of a member of the Capital City Committee under section 7(1)(b), for the purposes of the Committee.
(3) A deputy may act as a member of the Committee in the event of the absence or unavailability of the member of the Committee in relation to whom the deputy is appointed.
(4) Anything done by or in relation to a person purporting to act under a nomination under this section is not invalid merely because—
(a) there was a defect or irregularity in connection with the nomination; or
(b) the occasion to act had not arisen or had ceased.