211BMembership and procedure

211B Membership and procedure (1) The members of the Plumbing Advisory Council are to be appointed by the Minister. (2) Of those members— (a) one is to be a person with substantial knowledge and experience in relation to the plumbing industry, appointed as chairperson by the Minister; and (b) one is to be the Chief Commissioner or a Commissioner nominated by the Chief Commissioner; and (c) one is to be a person nominated by the Minister administering the **Water Act 1989**; and (d) one is to be a person nominated by the Minister administering the **Gas Safety Act 1997**; and (e) one is to be a person nominated by the Minister administering Part 3.1 of Chapter 3 and Part 5.5 of Chapter 5 of the **Education and Training Reform Act 2006**; and (f) one is to be a person chosen by the Minister; and (g) one is to be a person nominated by a body that, in the opinion of the Minister, represents Victorian employers in relation to all classes of plumbing work; and (h) one is to be a person nominated by a body that, in the opinion of the Minister, represents air-conditioning contractors in Victoria; and (i) one is to be a person nominated by a body that, in the opinion of the Minister, represents fire protection contractors in Victoria; and (j) up to three are to be persons nominated by a body or bodies that, in the opinion of the Minister, represent the industrial interests of employee plumbers; and S. 211B(2)(k) substituted by No. 11/2023 s. 28. (k) one is to be the Building Monitor or a person nominated by the Building Monitor to represent the Building Monitor and who must be employed by the Secretary to the Department. (3) For the purposes of subsection (2)(b), the Chief Commissioner may nominate a Commissioner to act in the place of the Chief Commissioner in his or her absence. (4) If a body referred to in subsection (2)(g), (h), (i) or (j) does not nominate a person within 30 days of being asked to do so in writing, the Minister may appoint a member of that body chosen by the Minister to be a member of the Council. (5) Parts 1 and 2 (except for clause 8) of Schedule 3 apply to the membership and procedure of the Council in the same way as they apply to a Board. S. 211C inserted by No. 34/2013 s. 6.