8Members of the Victorian Veterans Council

8 Members of the Victorian Veterans Council

(1) The Victorian Veterans Council is to have 11 members.

(2) The members of the Victorian Veterans Council are to be appointed by the Governor in Council on the recommendation of the Minister.

(3) The Governor in Council, on the recommendation of the Minister, must appoint one member of the Victorian Veterans Council to be the Chairperson and another member to be the Deputy Chairperson.

(4) The Chairperson and the Deputy Chairperson are to be veterans.

(5) At least 6 members of the Victorian Veterans Council (not including the Chairperson and Deputy Chairperson) are to be members of the ex‑service community or an ex-service organisation as specified in subsection (6), (7) or (8).

(6) One member of the Victorian Veterans Council is to be a member of the Returned and Services League of Australia (Victoria Branch) Inc. ABN 85 107 546 293 recommended to the Minister by that organisation.

(7) One member of the Victorian Veterans Council is to be a member of the Legacy Club of Melbourne Inc. ABN 78 043 769 632 recommended to the Minister by that organisation.

(8) Four members of the Victorian Veterans Council are to be members of the ex-service community recommended to the Minister by other ex-service organisations.

(9) For the purposes of subsection (8), the Minister may request or invite (whether generally or specifically) other ex-service organisations to nominate the names of persons for the consideration of the Minister.

(10) The members appointed under subsections (4), (5), (6), (7) and (8), must, in the opinion of the Minister, have skills, experience or knowledge in some or all of the areas of veterans' welfare, aged care, patriotic funds, commemoration and the needs of veterans' surviving partners and dependants.

(11) Three members of the Victorian Veterans Council, other than members appointed under subsections (4), (5), (6), (7) and (8), are to be people who, in the opinion of the Minister, have other appropriate skills to enable the Victorian Veterans Council to achieve its objectives and perform its functions.