Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00514:section:198
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00514
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Provision Reference: s 198
Character Range: 314054–315809

198  Appointment of Nature Repair Committee members
 (1) Each Nature Repair Committee member is to be appointed by the Minister by written instrument.
Note: A Nature Repair Committee member may be reappointed: see section 33AA of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901.
 (2) A person is not eligible for appointment as a Nature Repair Committee member unless the Minister is satisfied that the person has:
 (a) substantial experience or knowledge; and
 (b) significant standing;
in at least one of the following fields of expertise:
 (c) agriculture relevant to the functions of the Committee;
 (d) biological or ecological science relevant to the functions of the Committee;
 (e) economics relevant to the functions of the Committee;
 (f) environmental markets relevant to the functions of the Committee;
 (g) Indigenous knowledge relevant to the functions of the Committee;
 (h) land management relevant to the functions of the Committee.
 (3) The Minister must ensure that at all times at least one Nature Repair Committee member has:
 (a) substantial experience or knowledge; and
 (b) significant standing;
in biological or ecological science relevant to the functions of the Committee.
 (4) The Minister must ensure that at all times at least one Nature Repair Committee member has:
 (a) substantial experience or knowledge; and
 (b) significant standing;
in Indigenous knowledge relevant to the functions of the Committee.
 (5) The Minister must ensure that the Chair of the Nature Repair Committee is not:
 (a) an employee of the Commonwealth; or
 (b) an employee of an authority of the Commonwealth; or
 (c) a person who holds a full‑time office under a law of the Commonwealth.
 (6) A Nature Repair Committee member holds office on a part‑time basis.