Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A05055:schedule:2:p8
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A05055
Segment Type: schedule
Provision Reference: sch 2 (pt 8/15)
Character Range: 23219–25974

appointed under section 116".

43 After section 115

  Add:

116 Additional members of Regional Councils

      (1) Subject to subsection (2), if the Minister is of the opinion that the number of members of a particular Regional Council is insufficient to enable the Council properly to perform its functions, the Minister may, after consulting the Commission, appoint an additional person or persons to be a member or members of the Regional Council.

      (2) The Minister may not appoint a person as a member of a Regional Council under subsection (1) unless the person is qualified for election as a member for a Regional Council ward for the Regional Council concerned.

      (3) A person appointed as a member of a Regional Council under this section holds office until the end of the next round of Regional Council elections following his or her appointment.

      (4) If a person appointed under this section as a member of a Regional Council ceases to hold the office to which he or she was appointed, the Minister may appoint another person as a member of the Regional Council in place of the first-mentioned person.

44 After subsection 119(2)

  Insert:

  (2A) The Minister must cause a copy of each determination made under paragraph (2)(a) or (b) to be published in the Gazette.

45 After section 119

Insert:

119A Register of interests

       (1) Each member of a Regional Council must make to the Commission written disclosures of the member's direct or indirect pecuniary interests in accordance with a Ministerial determination under subsection (4).

       (2) The Commission must keep a register of the interests disclosed in accordance with a Ministerial determination under subsection (4).

       (3) The Commission must allow any person to inspect the register at any reasonable time without charge.

(4) The Minister may make a written determination specifying:

  (a) the kinds of interests to be disclosed; and

  (b) the manner in which, and the times at which, disclosures are to be made; and

  (c) the form in which the register is to be kept.

       (5) A determination under subsection (4) is a disallowable instrument for the purposes of section 46A of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901.

46 Subsection 121(3)

Repeal the subsection, substitute:

  (3) If the Commission is satisfied that a member of a Regional Council:

  (a) has become a member of the staff of the Commission or the TSRA; or

(b) has become a consultant to the Commission or the TSRA; or

          (c) has become a director of, or has acquired a controlling interest in, a body corporate that is a consultant to the Commission or the TSRA; or

          (d) is a director of, or has a controlling interest in, a body corporate that has become a