Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00117:section:14
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00117
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 14
Character Range: 51192–53133

14  Appointment of directors of the Authority

        (1) Each director of the Authority is to be appointed by the Minister by written instrument.
Note: The director of the Authority is eligible for reappointment: see the Acts Interpretation Act 1901.
 (2) A person is not eligible for appointment as a director of the Authority unless the Minister is satisfied that the person is suitably qualified for appointment because of expertise in one or more of the following fields:
 (a) grape growing;
 (b) winemaking;
 (c) marketing;
 (d) finance;
 (e) business management and administration;
 (f) government policy processes and public administration;
 (g) strategic management;
 (h) administration of research and development;
 (i) technology;
 (j) law;
 (k) human resource management;
 (l) communications.
 (3) A person is not eligible for appointment as a director of the Authority if the person is a member of the executive of a representative organisation.
 (4) The directors of the Authority (other than the Chair) are to be appointed from persons:
 (a) nominated by the Authority Selection Committee in accordance with section 27G; or
 (b) included on a list, given to the Minister under subparagraph 27G(1)(b)(ii), of persons the Authority Selection Committee considers suitable for nomination.

        (5) Before appointing the Chair of the Authority, the Minister must consult:
 (a) if there are already one or more directors of the Authority (other than the Chair)—those directors; and
 (b) in any case—each representative organisation.
 (6) In appointing directors of the Authority, the Minister must have regard to whether the directors of the Authority will collectively possess:
 (a) an appropriate balance of expertise in as many as possible of the fields referred to in subsection (2); and
 (b) experience in board affairs; and
 (c) appropriate diversity.
 (7) A director of the Authority holds office on a part‑time basis.