7Appointment etc of members

7 Appointment etc of members

7 Appointment etc of members

(1) The Authority shall consist of 7 members of whom—

(a) 4 shall be appointed by the Governor,

(a1) one is to be a person employed in the Department of Education nominated by the Secretary of that Department,

(b) one is to be the Secretary of the Department of Planning, Industry and Environment or a person employed in that Department nominated by the Secretary,

(c) one is to be a person employed in the Public Service whose principal duty is the management of the Authority’s activities.

(1A) The member referred to in subsection (1) (b) is to be the Chairperson of the Authority.

(2) Of the members of the Authority appointed by the Governor—

(a) one is to be nominated by the Secretary of the Department of Education, being a member of staff of that Department serving in the western or north western region of the State,

(b) one is to be nominated by the Managing Director of the TAFE Commission and is to be a senior financial manager of that Commission,

(c) one shall be nominated by the Minister for Education from panels submitted by associations of teachers registered under the Industrial Relations Act 1996, within such period as that Minister from time to time directs by notice in writing given to those associations, and

(d) one shall be nominated by the Minister for Housing and shall, in and by the instrument by which the member is appointed, be appointed to be the Deputy Chairperson of the Authority.

(3) A panel referred to in subsection (2) (c)—

(a) shall comprise the names of not less than five teachers each of whom is employed in a region, and

(b) shall not contain the name of more than one teacher employed in the same region as regions are established at the time the Minister for Education gives the notice referred to in subsection (2) (c).

(4) If—

(a) in the opinion of the Minister for Education there is no association referred to in subsection (2) (c), or