232Membership of Board

232 Membership of Board (1) The Board consists of up to 13 members appointed by consensus of the Ministerial Council. (2) The Ministerial Council must appoint by consensus one person to be the Chairperson of the Board. (3) One member is to be appointed for each State and Territory from 2 persons nominated by each State or Territory Minister on the Ministerial Council. (4) The Commonwealth Minister may nominate up to 8 persons for appointment to the Board. (5) Four of the persons nominated under subsection (4) must be appointed to the Board. (6) The Ministerial Council must appoint by consensus one of the members referred to in subsection (3) or (5) to be the Deputy Chairperson of the Board. (7) The members appointed to the Board must have professional skills and expertise in one or more of the following areas— (a) assessment of quality in education and care services or other relevant services; (b) early childhood development; (c) labour market and workforce participation and development; (d) best practice regulation; (e) financial management and corporate governance; (f) research, evaluation and performance; (g) any other areas of skill determined by the Ministerial Council. (8) In appointing members of the Board, the Ministerial Council must have regard to the need for the Board to have an appropriate balance of skills and expertise among its members. Subdivision 2—Members