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best endeavours to secure the passage through its respective Parliament of legislation for the purpose of conforming with and implementing this Agreement and any such Policies and Strategies.

    4.10 Each State will assist in the encouragement and promotion of research and monitoring to facilitate informed decision making for the Lake Eyre Basin Agreement Area, and the sharing of access to the results of such research and monitoring so far as either State may control such access.

    4.11 Each State will consult with and involve Local Government (where relevant) in the implementation of this Agreement and the Policies and Strategies developed or adopted under it to the extent that State statutes and administrative arrangements authorise or delegate relevant responsibilities to Local Government, and in a manner which reflects the concept of partnership between the Commonwealth, State and Local Governments.

Part V ‑ Institutional Structure

Constitution of the Ministerial Forum

    5.1 The Ministerial Forum is constituted.

    5.2 The Ministerial Forum will consist of one Minister from each State and one Minister of the Commonwealth. Each Party will appoint its Minister from time to time, by notice in writing to each other Party.

    5.3 Whenever a member of the Ministerial Forum is:
        (a) unable for any reason to attend a meeting of the Ministerial Forum; or
        (b) otherwise unable to perform the duties of a member of the Ministerial Forum,
    another Minister of that State or the Commonwealth will be appointed to act in the place of that member, and while so acting that other Minister will have all the responsibilities and perform all the duties of that member.

Procedures of the Ministerial Forum

    5.4 The Ministerial Forum will meet at least once in each year but otherwise at such times as it sees fit and will, subject to this Agreement, determine its own procedure.

    5.5 A resolution before the Ministerial Forum will be carried only by a unanimous vote.

    5.6 The Commonwealth Minister will act as the chair of the Ministerial Forum.

    5.7 A permanent record of all resolutions of the Ministerial Forum will be kept.

Functions of the Ministerial Forum

    5.8 The Ministerial Forum will be responsible for the implementation of this Agreement.

         Community Advice and Representation

    5.9 The Ministerial Forum will ensure that it has satisfactory access to community advice in relation to matters relevant to this Agreement.

    5.10 For that purpose the Ministerial Forum may either:
         5.10.1 adopt one or more independently formed groups, committees or bodies to provide community advice representation and feedback; or
         5.10.2 appoint the members of a committee to perform that function.

    5.11 Whichever means of access to community advice the Ministerial Forum selects the following will apply:
         5.11.1 There will be appropriate representation of: