21Deputies

21 Deputies

(1) The Minister may appoint a person to be the deputy of an appointed member of the Committee. (2) If an appointed member of the Committee was appointed on the nomination of the Administrator of the Northern Territory or the appropriate Aboriginal Land Council, or on the nomination of a Department, authority, incorporated company or other body and the Administrator of the Northern Territory or the appropriate Aboriginal Land Council, or that Department, authority, incorporated company or other body nominates, in writing, a person for appointment as the deputy of that member, the Minister shall appoint that person as the deputy of that member in accordance with subsection (1). (3) If the Director of National Parks nominates a person for appointment as his or her deputy, the Minister shall appoint that person as the deputy of the Director. (4) The deputy of a member is entitled to attend a meeting of the Committee not attended by the member of whom he or she is the deputy, and, while so attending, shall be deemed to be the member. (5) The Minister may: (a) determine the terms and conditions of appointment of a person appointed as the deputy of a member; and (b) subject to subsection (6), at any time terminate such an appointment. (6) Where a person is appointed as the deputy of a member on the nomination of the Administrator of the Northern Territory or the appropriate Aboriginal Land Council, on the nomination of a Department, authority, incorporated company or other body, or on the nomination of the Director of National Parks, the Minister shall not terminate the appointment unless: (a) he or she is required to do so by subsection 20(1) as it applies by reason of subsection (8) of this section; or (b) the Administrator of the Northern Territory or the appropriate Aboriginal Land Council, the Department, authority, incorporated company or other body, or the Director, as the case may be, requests, in writing, the termination of the appointment. (7) The deputy of a member may resign his or her appointment by writing signed and delivered to the Minister. (8) The provisions of section 20 apply to and in relation to a deputy of a member in like manner as they apply to and in relation to the member.