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sec.609BAdministration of water authority if no board
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### sec.609B Administration of water authority if no board
The Minister may appoint the chief executive, or another appropriately qualified person, to administer a water authority formed on an amalgamation under section 690 until the authority’s first board is appointed.
Subsection (3) applies if—
the Governor in Council or Minister removes all the directors of a water authority’s board from office; or
for another reason, there are no directors for a water authority’s board.
The Minister may appoint either of the following persons to administer the water authority until a board is appointed for the authority—
the chief executive;
another appropriately qualified person.
Subsection (5) applies if the Minister considers it is not practicable for the chief executive or another person to administer a new category 2 water authority formed on an amalgamation under section 690 until the authority’s first board is appointed.
The Minister may direct, or the regulation providing for the amalgamation may provide, that until the new authority’s first board is appointed under section 600 , the new authority is to be administered by a board made up of each person who, immediately before the amalgamation, was a director for 1 or more of the water authorities that were amalgamated.
s 609B ins 2019 No. 17 s 331
(sec.609B-ssec.1) The Minister may appoint the chief executive, or another appropriately qualified person, to administer a water authority formed on an amalgamation under section 690 until the authority’s first board is appointed.
(sec.609B-ssec.2) Subsection (3) applies if— the Governor in Council or Minister removes all the directors of a water authority’s board from office; or for another reason, there are no directors for a water authority’s board.
(sec.609B-ssec.3) The Minister may appoint either of the following persons to administer the water authority until a board is appointed for the authority— the chief executive; another appropriately qualified person.
(sec.609B-ssec.4) Subsection (5) applies if the Minister considers it is not practicable for the chief executive or another person to administer a new category 2 water authority formed on an amalgamation under section 690 until the authority’s first board is appointed.
(sec.609B-ssec.5) The Minister may direct, or the regulation providing for the amalgamation may provide, that until the new authority’s first board is appointed under section 600 , the new authority is to be administered by a board made up of each person who, immediately before the amalgamation, was a director for 1 or more of the water authorities that were amalgamated.
- (a) the Governor in Council or Minister removes all the directors of a water authority’s board from office; or
- (b) for another reason, there are no directors for a water authority’s board.
- (a) the chief executive;
- (b) another appropriately qualified person.