4Lord Howe Island Board

4 Lord Howe Island Board

4 Lord Howe Island Board

(1) There is constituted a corporation under the name of the “Lord Howe Island Board”.

(2) The Board is charged with the responsibility of administering the affairs of the Island.

(3) The Board is to consist of 7 members, of whom—

(a) four are to be Islanders, and

(b) one is to be a person appointed to represent the interests of business and tourism, and

(c) one is to be a person appointed to represent the interests of conservation, and

(d) one is to be a person employed in the Department of Planning, Industry and Environment.

(4) The members referred to in subsection (3) (a) are to be appointed by the Minister following an election conducted in accordance with Division 3.

(5) The members referred to in subsection (3) (b), (c) and (d) are to be appointed by the Minister, and are not to be Islanders.

(6) For the purposes of any Act, the Board is taken to be a statutory body representing the Crown.

(7) Schedule 1A has effect with respect to the constitution and procedure of the Board.

s 4: Am 1967 No 66, secs 3 (1) (a), 11 (a); 1981 No 50, Sch 2 (2). Subst 2004 No 12, Sch 1 [2]. Am 2014 No 88, Sch 2.38; 2015 No 58, Sch 3.59 [1]; 2020 No 30, Sch 3.30.