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Rice Marketing Act 1983
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#### 69 Constitution of committee
69 Constitution of committee
> > (1) Where a proclamation under section 68 takes effect in relation to a committee, there is hereby constituted a corporation under the corporate name specified in the relevant proclamation, for the primary product so specified and in relation to the area so specified.
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> > (2) A committee shall have and may exercise the functions conferred or imposed on it by or under this or any other Act.
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> > (3) The members of a committee shall be appointed by the Governor.
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> > (4) A committee shall consist of the number of members specified in the relevant marketing order, and appointments shall be made in accordance with the relevant provisions of the order.
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> > (5) The members of a committee shall, subject to the provisions of the relevant marketing order, be nominated for appointment by the Minister.
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> > (6) A committee does not, for any purpose, represent the Crown.
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> > (7) A committee—
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> > > (a) has perpetual succession,
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> > > (b) shall have a common seal,
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> > > (c) may take proceedings, and be proceeded against, in its corporate name,
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> > > (d) subject to this Act, may, for the purposes for which it is constituted, purchase, exchange, take on lease, hold, dispose of and otherwise deal with property, and
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> > > (e) may do and suffer all other things that a body corporate may, by law, do and suffer and that are necessary for or incidental to the purposes for which the committee is constituted.
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> > (8) Schedule 2 has effect with respect to the members of a committee.
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> > (9) Schedule 3 has effect with respect to the procedure of a committee.
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> **s 69:** Am 1986 No 218, Sch 23 (5).