30Eligibility for nomination

30 Eligibility for nomination

30 Eligibility for nomination

(1) Any person is eligible for nomination as a candidate for election.

(2) Despite subclause (1), a person who has held office for more than 8 years in total as a member of the Rice Marketing Board may not be nominated as a candidate for election as a member of the Board without the approval of the Minister.

(3) The approval of the Minister is only to be given under subclause (2) if the Minister is satisfied that it is in the public interest and the interest of the rice industry to do so.

(4) Any period during which a person held office as a member of the Rice Marketing Board before the commencement of this clause is also to be taken into account when calculating the total period for which the person has held office.

cl 30: Am 2019 (50), cl 3 (1).