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### 8 Members of Company
> > (1) The members of the Company are to be 2 persons of whom –
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> > > > (a) one is the Minister; and
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> > > > (b) one is the Treasurer.
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> > (2) [*\[Section 8 Subsection (2) substituted by No. 18 of 2025, s. 52, Applied:01 Jan 2026\]*](/view/html/inforce/2026-01-01/act-2025-018#GS52@EN) If, at any one time, one person is both the Minister and Treasurer –
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> > > > (a) the Treasurer must nominate another Minister, being a different person, to be a member of the Company; and
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> > > > (b) a reference in this Act to the Minister is taken to be a reference to the other Minister so nominated; and
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> > > > (c) a reference in this Act, or any other Act, to the members of the Company is taken to include a reference to the other Minister so nominated.
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> > (3) [*\[Section 8 Subsection (3) inserted by No. 18 of 2025, s. 52, Applied:01 Jan 2026\]*](/view/html/inforce/2026-01-01/act-2025-018#GS52@EN) If the Treasurer nominates another Minister as a member of the Company, the Treasurer is to notify the Company in writing of that fact, as soon as practicable after the Treasurer makes the nomination.