13Members of Commission

13 Members of Commission

13 Members of Commission

(1) The Commission must consist of the following members—

(a) 5–7 commissioners appointed by the Governor, on the recommendation of the Minister,

(b) up to 3 temporary commissioners appointed by the Minister,

(c) the Chief Scientist.

(2) The Minister must not recommend a person for appointment as a commissioner unless the Minister is satisfied the person has skills, qualifications and experience to enable the Commission to exercise the Commission’s functions.

(3) In making a recommendation about the appointment of a commissioner or in appointing a temporary commissioner, the Minister must have regard to the need for the members of the Commission to together have skills, qualifications and experience in relation to the following—

(a) the best available climate change science,

(b) mitigation and adaptation approaches,

(c) economics and technologies relating to climate change,

(d) the strategies, policies and programs of the Government of New South Wales,

(e) the environmental, social, economic and distributional impacts of climate change, including socio-economic, regional, industrial and sector differences,

(f) the effects of climate change on human health and safety,

(g) the interests of Aboriginal communities,

(h) the interests of rural, regional and remote communities in New South Wales.

(4) The Minister may appoint a commissioner as chair of the Commission.

(5) Schedule 1 contains provisions about the members and procedure of the Commission.