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substituting "Presiding Member";

     (c) by inserting ", within a specified period," after "request the nomination";

  (d) by adding at the end the following subsection:

      "(2) For the purposes of this Part, other than section 67:

         (a) a notice under subsection (1) is taken to be a notice under section 57a; and

         (b) the period specified in a notice under subsection (1) is taken to be a period specified in a notice under section 57a.".

Establishment of Selection Committees

  17. Section 67 of the Principal Act is amended:

     (a) by omitting subsections (1) and (2) and substituting the following subsections:

     "(1) Where the Presiding Member receives a request under section 57a, the Presiding Member must establish a Selection Committee to nominate a person or persons for appointment to the Corporation.

     "(1a) The Selection Committee so established comprises the following members:

       (a) the Presiding Member;

       (b) 4, 5 or 6 nominated members appointed by the Minister.

     "(1b) For the purpose of establishing a Selection Committee, the Presiding Member must, as soon as practicable after receiving a request under section 57a, by written notice to each eligible industry body, ask the body to nominate to the Minister persons for appointment to the Selection Committee.

     "(1c) Where there are, in a particular case, 2 or more eligible industry bodies, the Presiding Member's notice must ask each of those bodies to act jointly with all of the other bodies in making the nomination.

     "(2) Subject to this section, the Minister must appoint the persons nominated by the eligible industry body or bodies.";

  (b) by omitting from subsection (3) "of the Selection Committee";

  (c) by inserting after subsection (3) the following subsection:

     "(3a) Where the Minister is satisfied that nominations for membership of a Selection Committee will not be made as provided under this section within a reasonable time, the Minister may appoint persons to be members of the Selection Committee as if they had been so nominated.";

     (d) by omitting from subsection (4) "the Selection Committee" and substituting "a Selection Committee";

  (e) by omitting subsection (5);

   (f) by omitting from subsection (6) "as a member of the" and substituting "as a nominated member of a";

  (g) by adding at the end the following subsection:

     "(7) The performance of the function, and the exercise of the powers, of a Selection Committee are not affected merely because of a vacancy in its membership.".

18. Section 74 of the Principal Act is repealed and the following section is substituted:

Termination of appointment

"74. (1) The Minister may terminate the appointment of the Presiding Member or a nominated member of a Selection Committee:

  (a) for misbehaviour or physical or mental incapacity; or

  (b) if the Presiding Member or nominated