7Constitution of the Authority

7 Constitution of the Authority (1) The Authority is to consist of 9 members appointed by the Governor in Council. (2) The members of the Authority are to be appointed having regard to any of the following— (a) knowledge of, or experience in, commercial, technical, operational, legal or financial matters; (b) expertise in fire services, emergency management, land management or any other field relevant to the performance of the functions of the Authority. (3) Five members of the Authority, including the Chairperson and the Deputy Chairperson, are to be appointed on the recommendation of the Minister made after having regard to subsection (2). (4) Four members being— (a) two volunteer members of brigades predominately serving urban communities; and (b) two volunteer members of brigades predominately serving rural communities— are to be appointed from a panel of names nominated by the Board of Volunteer Fire Brigades Victoria made after having regard to subsection (2). (5) If the Board of Volunteer Fire Brigades Victoria fails to submit a nomination for the purposes of subsection (4) within 30 days after receiving a request from the Minister to submit a nomination, the Governor in Council may after having regard to subsection (2) appoint a person or persons to be a member or members of the Authority for the purposes of subsection (4). S. 7AA inserted by No. 41/2014 s. 3. 7AA Authority is the same body The Authority continues to be the same body despite the change to its membership as a result of the commencement of section 3 of the **Justice Legislation Amendment Act 2014**. S. 7A inserted by No. 8750 s. 96.