14GDeputy members

##### 14G Deputy members (1) Where an appointment to an office of member of a Board established for a park or reserve may be made only in pursuance of a nomination by the traditional Aboriginal owners of Aboriginal land situated in that park or reserve, those traditional Aboriginal owners may nominate a person who satisfies the relevant preconditions in relation to that office to be the deputy of the member of the Board holding that office. (2) A member of a Board who was appointed otherwise than pursuant to a nomination by the traditional Aboriginal owners of Aboriginal land situated in the park or reserve for which the Board is established may, with the approval of the Minister, nominate a person who satisfies the relevant preconditions in relation to the member’s office to be the deputy of the member. (3) Where a person is nominated to be the deputy of a member of a Board, the person so nominated may, if the member is absent from a meeting of the Board, attend that meeting and, when so attending, shall, subject to subsection (4), be deemed to be a member of the Board. (4) A person who is nominated to be the deputy of a member of a Board shall not preside at a meeting of the Board. (5) Where the traditional Aboriginal owners of Aboriginal land situated in the park or reserve for which a Board is established nominate a person, pursuant to subsection (1), to be the deputy of a member of the Board, those traditional Aboriginal owners may revoke that nomination. (6) A member of a Board who was appointed otherwise than pursuant to a nomination by the traditional Aboriginal owners of Aboriginal land situated in the park or reserve for which the Board is established may, with the approval of the Minister, revoke a nomination made by the member under subsection (2). (7) The nomination of a person as the deputy of a member of a Board is not invalidated, and shall not be called in question, by reason of a deficiency or irregularity in or in connection with the selection or nomination of the person.