6Place Names Advisory Panel

6 Place Names Advisory Panel

(1)  The Place Names Advisory Panel is established.

(2)  The Panel established under subsection (1) is to consist of –

(a) the Surveyor-General; and

(b) a State Service employee, responsible for the spatial data and mapping of the State, appointed to the Panel by the Surveyor-General; and

(c) one person nominated by the Director of National Parks and Wildlife appointed under section 6 of the National Parks and Reserves Management Act 2002 ; and

(d) one person nominated by the Local Government Association of Tasmania, continued as a body corporate by section 326 of the Local Government Act 1993 ; and

(e) one person with knowledge and experience in outdoor recreation; and

(f) up to 2 persons with knowledge and experience in one or more of the following:

(i) heritage or historical matters;

(ii) orthography;

(iii) linguistics; and

(g) such other members –

(i) as may be prescribed; or

(ii) appointed by the Minister as prescribed.

(3)  The member referred to in subsection (2)(a) is the chairperson of the Panel.

(4)  The members, other than the members referred to in subsection (2)(a) and (b) , are appointed by the Minister.

(5)  The Minister may require a person responsible for a nomination under subsection (2)(c) or (d) to provide the Minister with the name of the nominated person within a period of not less than one month, as specified by the Minister.