Australian Meat and Live-stock Industry Selection Committee Act 1984 (Cth)

AUSTRALIAN MEAT AND LIVE-STOCK INDUSTRY SELECTION COMMITTEE ACT 1984 [Note: This Act is "repealed" by Act No. 69 of 1995]
(#DATE 14:1:1994)

Compilation Information 

- Updated as at 14 January 1994
*1* The Australian Meat and Live-stock Industry Selection Committee Act 1984
as shown in this reprint comprises Act No. 59, 1984 amended as indicated in
the Tables below.
                             Table of Acts
    Act             Date           Date of                 Application
    Number          of Assent      Commencement            Saving or
    Year                                                   transitional
                                                           provisions
    Australian Meat and Live-stock Industry Selection Committee
    Act 1984
    59, 1984        25 June 1984    25 June 1984
    Australian Meat and Live-stock Legislation (Consequential
    Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Act 1985
    13, 1985        7 May 1985      Part IV (ss. 22-30):
                                    Royal Assent (a)              -
    Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No.1) 1985
    65, 1985        5 June 1985      S. 3: 3 July 1985 (b)        -
    Australian Meat and Live-stock Industry Legislation Amendment Act 1987
    155, 1987       26 Dec 1987      Ss. 11-15 and 31-35:
                                     1 Mar 1988 (see Gazette
                                     1988, No. S54)
                                     Remainder: Royal Assent      -
    Primary Industries Legislation Amendment Act 1991
    39, 1991        27 Mar 1991      Ss. 3 (1), 4 and Schedule
                                     (Part 1): 1 July 1991
                                     Remainder: Royal Assent      -
    Primary Industries Legislation Amendment Act 1993
    35, 1993        20 Sept 1993     20 Sept 1993                 -
    Primary Industries and Energy Legislation Amendment Act 1993
    94, 1993        16 Dec 1993      Parts 11 and 12 (ss. 47-65):
                                     1 Jan 1994
                                     S. 69 (1) (b): 1 July 1989
                                     Remainder: Royal Assent      -
      (a) The Australian Meat and Live-stock Industry Selection
    Committee Act 1984 was amended by Part IV (sections 22-30) only of the
    Australian Meat and Live-stock Legislation (Consequential Amendments
    and Transitional Provisions) Act 1985, subsection 2 (1) of which
    provides as follows:
      "(1) Sections 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7 and 8, subsections 13 (1) and
    15 (1), sections 18, 19 and 20, subsection 21 (1) and sections
    22 to 32 (inclusive) shall come into operation on the
    day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent."
      (b) The Australian Meat and Live-stock Industry Selection
    Committee Act 1984 was amended by section 3 only of
    the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No. 1)
    1985, subsection 2 (1) of which provides as follows:
      "(1) Subject to this section, this Act shall come into
    operation on the twenty-eighth day after the day on
    which it receives the Royal Assent."
                            Table of Amendments
    ad=added or inserted am=amended rep=repealed rs=repealed and substituted
    Provision affected            How affected
    Title                         am. No. 13, 1985; No. 155, 1987
    S. 3                          am. No. 13, 1985; No. 39, 1991
    S. 5                          am. No. 13, 1985; No. 39, 1991
    Heading to Part III           am. No. 13, 1985
    Ss. 7-10                      am. No. 13, 1985
    Part IIIA (ss. 10A-10D)       ad. No. 13, 1985
    S. 10A                        ad. No. 13, 1985
    S. 10B                        ad. No. 13, 1985
                                  am. No. 39, 1991; No. 94, 1993
    S. 10C                        ad. No. 13, 1985
                                  am. No. 39, 1991
    S. 10D                        ad. No. 13, 1985
    S. 11                         am. No. 13, 1985; No. 155, 1987;
                                  No. 35, 1993
    S. 12                         am. No. 13, 1985
    Ss. 13, 14                    am. No. 13, 1985; No. 35, 1993
    Ss. 15-19                     am. No. 13, 1985
    S. 20                         am. No. 13, 1985; No. 35, 1993
    S. 21                         am. No. 65, 1985
    S. 22A                        ad. No. 13, 1985
                                  am. No. 39, 1991
    S. 23                         am. No. 13, 1985
                                  rep. No. 155, 1987

AUSTRALIAN MEAT AND LIVE-STOCK INDUSTRY SELECTION COMMITTEE ACT 1984 - TABLE 
OF PROVISIONS 
TABLE

                        TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Section
                            PART I-PRELIMINARY
    1.    Short title
    2.    Commencement
    3.    Interpretation
       PART II-ESTABLISHMENT, FUNCTIONS AND POWERS OF COMMITTEE
    4.    Establishment
    5.    Functions of Committee
    6.    Powers of Committee
         PART III-SELECTION AND NOMINATION OF CANDIDATES FOR
           APPOINTMENT TO MEAT AND LIVE-STOCK CORPORATION
    7.    Minister may request nominations
    8.    Selection of persons for nomination
    9.    Nominations
   10.    Minister may reject nomination
          PART IIIA-SELECTION AND NOMINATION OF CANDIDATES FOR
          APPOINTMENT TO RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
  10A.    Minister may request nominations
  10B.    Selection of persons for nomination
  10C.    Nominations
  10D.    Minister may reject nomination
           PART IV-CONSTITUTION AND MEETINGS OF COMMITTEE
   11.    Membership of Committee
   12.    Acting Chairman
   13.    Deputies
   14.    Casual vacancies
   15.    Remuneration and allowances
   16.    Leave of absence
   17.    Resignation
   18.    Termination of appointments of members
   19.    Disclosure of interests of members
   20.    Meetings
   21.    Resolutions without formal meetings
                     PART V-STAFF AND CONSULTANTS
   22.    Committee may engage staff and consultants
                        PART VI-MISCELLANEOUS
  22A.    Committee to notify costs and expenses
   24.    Regulations

AUSTRALIAN MEAT AND LIVE-STOCK INDUSTRY SELECTION COMMITTEE ACT 1984 - LONG 
TITLE 
SECT

    An Act to establish a committee to nominate persons for
     appointment as members of certain corporations connected
        with the Australian meat and live-stock industry

AUSTRALIAN MEAT AND LIVE-STOCK INDUSTRY SELECTION COMMITTEE ACT 1984 - PART I 
 PART I-PRELIMINARY 

AUSTRALIAN MEAT AND LIVE-STOCK INDUSTRY SELECTION COMMITTEE ACT 1984 - SECT 1 
Short title 
SECT

  1. This Act may be cited as the Australian Meat and Live-stock Industry
Selection Committee Act 1984.*1*
SEE NOTES TO FIRST ARTICLE OF THIS CHAPTER .

AUSTRALIAN MEAT AND LIVE-STOCK INDUSTRY SELECTION COMMITTEE ACT 1984 - SECT 2 
Commencement 
SECT

  2. This Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the
Royal Assent.*1*
SEE NOTES TO FIRST ARTICLE OF THIS CHAPTER .

AUSTRALIAN MEAT AND LIVE-STOCK INDUSTRY SELECTION COMMITTEE ACT 1984 - SECT 3 
Interpretation 
SECT

  3. (1) In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears:
  "acting Chairman" means a person appointed to act as Chairman in pursuance
of section 12;
  "Chairman" means the Chairman of the Committee;
  "Committee" means the Australian Meat and Live-stock Industry Selection
Committee established by section 4;
  "Meat and Live-stock Corporation" means the Australian Meat and Live-stock
Corporation established by section 6 of the Australian Meat and Live-stock
Corporation Act 1977;
  "meat and live-stock research and development" means systematic
experimentation or analysis in any field of science, technology or economics
carried out with the object of:
  (a) acquiring knowledge that may be of use for the purpose of improving any
aspect of the production, processing, storage, transport or marketing of meat
or live-stock; or
  (b) applying knowledge for the purpose referred to in paragraph (a);
  "member" means a member of the Committee;
  "the industry" means the Australian meat and live-stock industry.

AUSTRALIAN MEAT AND LIVE-STOCK INDUSTRY SELECTION COMMITTEE ACT 1984 - PART 
II 
 PART II-ESTABLISHMENT, FUNCTIONS AND POWERS 
 OF COMMITTEE 

AUSTRALIAN MEAT AND LIVE-STOCK INDUSTRY SELECTION COMMITTEE ACT 1984 - SECT 4 
Establishment 
SECT

  4. There is established by this Act a Committee by the name of the
Australian Meat and Live-stock Industry Selection Committee.

AUSTRALIAN MEAT AND LIVE-STOCK INDUSTRY SELECTION COMMITTEE ACT 1984 - SECT 5 
Functions of Committee 
SECT

  5. The functions of the Committee are:
  (a) to select persons to be nominated for appointment as members of the Meat
and Live-stock Corporation as constituted under section 18 of the Australian
Meat and Live-stock Corporation Act 1977 as amended and in force on and after
the day fixed by Proclamation for the purposes of subsection 2 (2) of the
Australian Meat and Live-stock Corporation Amendment Act 1984, being members
who are referred to in paragraph (1) (d) of that section;
  (b) to select persons to be nominated for appointment as members of the Meat
and Live-stock Corporation as constituted, under subsection 30H (5) of the
Australian Meat and Live-stock Corporation Act 1977, as so amended and in
force, being members who are referred to in paragraph (c) of that subsection;
  (ba) to select persons to be nominated for appointment as members of the
Meat Research Corporation as constituted under section 12 of the Meat Research
Corporation Act 1985, being members who are referred to in paragraph (1) (d)
of that section;
  (bb) to select persons to be nominated for appointment as members of the
Meat Research Corporation as constituted under subsection 28 (5) of the Meat
Research Corporation Act 1985, being members who are referred to in paragraph
(c) of that subsection; and
  (c) to nominate persons so selected to the Minister for appointment as such
members.

AUSTRALIAN MEAT AND LIVE-STOCK INDUSTRY SELECTION COMMITTEE ACT 1984 - SECT 6 
Powers of Committee 
SECT

  6. The Committee has power to do all things that are necessary or convenient
to be done for, or in connection with, the performance of its functions.

AUSTRALIAN MEAT AND LIVE-STOCK INDUSTRY SELECTION COMMITTEE ACT 1984 - PART 
III 
 PART III-SELECTION AND NOMINATION OF CANDIDATES 
 FOR APPOINTMENT TO MEAT AND LIVE-STOCK CORPORATION 

AUSTRALIAN MEAT AND LIVE-STOCK INDUSTRY SELECTION COMMITTEE ACT 1984 - SECT 7 
Minister may request nominations 
SECT

  7. The Minister shall:
  (a) for the purpose of appointing the members referred to in paragraph 5 (a)
or (b); and
  (b) for the purpose of filling a vacancy caused by the resignation of, or
termination of the appointment of, any of the members so referred to;
by notice in writing furnished to the Committee, request the Committee to
furnish to him or her, within such period as is specified in the notice, the
names of persons, or the name of a person, as the case requires, considered by
the Committee to be suitable for appointment as such members or as such a
member.

AUSTRALIAN MEAT AND LIVE-STOCK INDUSTRY SELECTION COMMITTEE ACT 1984 - SECT 8 
Selection of persons for nomination 
SECT

  8. (1) A person is not entitled to be nominated by the Committee for
appointment as a member of the Meat and Live-stock Corporation, being a member
referred to in paragraph 5 (a), unless he or she possesses qualifications
relevant to, or has experience in, one or more of the following fields of
activity:
  (a) cattle production;
  (b) sheep production;
  (c) live-stock exporting;
  (d) meatworks operation;
  (e) meat exporting;
  (f) product promotion;
  (g) finance;
  (h) international commodity marketing;
  (j) business management;
  (k) industrial relations.
  (2) In selecting, in pursuance of subsection (1), persons for nomination for
appointment as members of the Meat and Live-stock Corporation, the Committee
shall choose from the available candidates such persons as will best ensure
that the members of the Meat and Live-stock Corporation collectively possess
qualifications and experience in all the fields of activity referred to in
paragraphs (1) (a) to (k) (inclusive).
  (3) A person who is or has been a member of the Committee is not eligible
for nomination for appointment to the Meat and Live-stock Corporation (whether
constituted under section 18 or subsection 30H (5) of the Australian Meat and
Live-stock Corporation Act 1977 as amended and in force on and after the day
fixed by Proclamation for the purposes of subsection 2 (2) of the Australian
Meat and Live-stock Corporation Amendment Act 1984) until a period of 3 years
has elapsed after he or she ceased or last ceased to be a member.
  (4) A person is eligible for nomination for appointment to the Meat and
Live-stock Corporation notwithstanding that a proposal for his or her
nomination has been rejected at a previous meeting of the Committee or that a
nomination for his or her appointment to the Meat and Live-stock Corporation
has previously been rejected by the Minister.

AUSTRALIAN MEAT AND LIVE-STOCK INDUSTRY SELECTION COMMITTEE ACT 1984 - SECT 9 
Nominations 
SECT

  9. (1) The Committee shall, by the date specified by the Minister in a
notice requesting the nomination of a person or persons for appointment to the
Meat and Live-stock Corporation, inform the Minister, by notice in writing, of
the name or names of the person or persons whom it considers suitable for such
appointment.
  (2) Subject to subsection 10 (1), the Committee shall make only one
nomination in respect of each appointment to be made by the Minister.
  (3) The notice specifying the name of a person or the names of persons
nominated for appointment to the Meat and Live-stock Corporation shall be
accompanied by:
  (a) a statement in respect of the person, or of each of the persons, so
nominated:
    (i) containing details of the person's qualifications
or experience in any one or more of the fields of activity referred to in
paragraphs 8 (1) (a) to (k) (inclusive); and
    (ii) containing such other information relating to the
person as the Committee thinks appropriate to include so as to assist the
Minister in considering whether to appoint the person; and
  (b) except in the case of an appointment or appointments to the Meat and
Live-stock Corporation as constituted under subsection 30H (5) of the
Australian Meat and Live-stock Corporation Act 1977 as amended and in force on
and after the day fixed by Proclamation for the purposes of subsection 2 (2)
of the Australian Meat and Live-stock Corporation Amendment Act 1984-a
statement specifying how, in the opinion of the Committee, the nomination or
nominations in question will best ensure that the members of the Meat and
Live-stock Corporation collectively possess qualifications and experience in
all of those fields of activity.
  (4) If the Minister considers the information contained in a statement
required to be furnished under subsection (3) to be inadequate for him or her
to consider the suitability of a person nominated for appointment, the
Minister may, by notice in writing, require the Committee, by such date as he
or she specifies in the notice, to provide him or her with such further
information of the kind referred to in the paragraph of subsection (3) that
relates to that statement as he or she specifies.

AUSTRALIAN MEAT AND LIVE-STOCK INDUSTRY SELECTION COMMITTEE ACT 1984 - SECT 
10 
Minister may reject nomination 
SECT

  10. (1) If the Minister is not satisfied as to the suitability of a person
nominated for appointment he or she may inform the Committee, by notice in
writing, that he or she rejects the nomination and may include in that notice
a further request for a nomination.
  (2) For the purposes of this Act, that further request shall be considered
as a request made under and in accordance with section 7.

AUSTRALIAN MEAT AND LIVE-STOCK INDUSTRY SELECTION COMMITTEE ACT 1984 - PART 
IIIA 
 PART IIIA-SELECTION AND NOMINATION OF CANDIDATES 
 FOR APPOINTMENT TO RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
 CORPORATION 

AUSTRALIAN MEAT AND LIVE-STOCK INDUSTRY SELECTION COMMITTEE ACT 1984 - SECT 
10A 
Minister may request nominations 
SECT

  10A. The Minister shall:
  (a) for the purpose of appointing the members referred to in paragraphs 5
(ba) and (bb); and
  (b) for the purpose of filling a vacancy caused by the resignation of, or
termination of the appointment of, any of the members so referred to;
by notice in writing given to the Committee, request the Committee to give to
the Minister, within such period as is specified in the notice, the names of
persons, or the name of a person, as the case requires, considered by the
Committee to be suitable for appointment as such members or as such a member.

AUSTRALIAN MEAT AND LIVE-STOCK INDUSTRY SELECTION COMMITTEE ACT 1984 - SECT 
10B 
Selection of persons for nomination 
SECT

  10B. (1) A person is not entitled to be nominated by the Committee for
appointment as a member of the Meat Research Corporation, being a member
referred to in paragraph 5 (ba), unless the person possesses qualifications
relevant to, or has experience in, one or more of the following fields of
activity:
  (a) live-stock production;
  (b) meat production;
  (c) meatworks operation;
  (d) meat and live-stock research and development;
  (da) conservation and management of natural resourses;
  (db) environmental and ecological matters;
  (e) marketing;
  (f) administration of research and development;
  (g) economics;
  (h) finance;
  (j) business management.
  (2) In selecting, pursuant to subsection (1), persons for nomination for
appointment as members of the Meat Research Corporation, the Committee shall
choose from the available candidates such persons as will best ensure that the
members of the Meat Research Corporation collectively possess qualifications
and experience in all the fields of activity referred to in paragraphs (1) (a)
to (j) (inclusive).
  (3) A person who is or has been a member of the Committee is not eligible
for nomination for appointment to the Meat Research Corporation (whether
constituted under section 12 or subsection 28 (5) of the Meat Research
Corporation Act 1985) until a period of 3 years has elapsed after the person
ceased or last ceased to be a member.
  (4) A person is eligible for nomination for appointment to the Meat Research
Corporation notwithstanding that a proposal for the person's nomination has
been rejected at a previous meeting of the Committee or that a nomination for
the person's appointment to the Meat Research Corporation has previously been
rejected by the Minister.

AUSTRALIAN MEAT AND LIVE-STOCK INDUSTRY SELECTION COMMITTEE ACT 1984 - SECT 
10C 
Nominations 
SECT

  10C. (1) The Committee shall, by the day specified by the Minister in a
notice requesting the nomination of a person or persons for appointment to the
Meat Research Corporation, inform the Minister, by notice in writing, of the
name or names of the person or persons whom it considers suitable for such
appointment.
  (2) Subject to subsection 10D (1), the Committee shall make only one
nomination in respect of each appointment to be made by the Minister.
  (3) The notice specifying the name of a person or the names of persons
nominated for appointed to the Meat Research Corporation shall be accompanied
by:
  (a) a statement in respect of the person, or of each of the persons, so
nominated:
    (i) containing details of the person's qualifications or experience
in any one or more of the fields of activity referred to in paragraphs 10B (1)
(a) to (j) (inclusive); and
    (ii) containing such other information relating to the person as
the Committee thinks appropriate to include so as to assist the Minister in
considering whether to appoint the person; and
  (b) except in the case of an appointment or appointments to the Meat
Research Corporation as constituted under subsection 28 (5) of the Meat
Research Corporation Act 1985-a statement specifying how, in the opinion of
the Committee, the nomination or nominations in question will best ensure that
the members of the Meat Research Corporation collectively possess
qualifications and experience in all of those fields of activity.

  (4) If the Minister considers the information contained in a statement
required to be given under subsection (3) to be inadequate to enable proper
consideration of the suitability of a person nominated for appointment, the
Minister may, by notice in writing, require the Committee, by such day as is
specified in the notice, to provide the Minister with such further information
of the kind referred to in the paragraph of subsection (3) that relates to
that statement as is specified in the notice.

AUSTRALIAN MEAT AND LIVE-STOCK INDUSTRY SELECTION COMMITTEE ACT 1984 - SECT 
10D 
Minister may reject nomination 
SECT

  10D. (1) If the Minister is not satisfied as to the suitability of a person
nominated for appointment, the Minister may inform the Committee, by notice in
writing, that he or she rejects the nomination and may include in that notice
a further request for a nomination.
  (2) For the purposes of this Act, that further request shall be considered
as a request made under and in accordance with section 10A.

AUSTRALIAN MEAT AND LIVE-STOCK INDUSTRY SELECTION COMMITTEE ACT 1984 - PART 
IV 
 PART IV-CONSTITUTION AND MEETINGS OF COMMITTEE 

AUSTRALIAN MEAT AND LIVE-STOCK INDUSTRY SELECTION COMMITTEE ACT 1984 - SECT 
11 
Membership of Committee 
SECT

  11. (1) The Committee shall consist of 7 members, namely:
  (a) the Chairman; and
  (b) 2 members appointed to represent cattle producers; and
  (c) 1 member appointed to represent sheep producers; and
  (d) 2 members appointed to represent meat exporters;  and
  (e) 1 member appointed to represent meat processors.
  (2) All members shall be part-time members.
  (3) All members shall be appointed by the Minister and, subject to this Act,
hold office for such terms, not exceeding 3 years, as are respectively
specified in their instruments of appointment, but are eligible for
re-appointment.
  (4) Each of the members referred to in paragraph (1) (b) shall be appointed
on the nomination of the Cattle Council of Australia.
  (5) The member referred to in paragraph (1) (c) shall be appointed on the
nomination of the Sheepmeat Council of Australia.
  (6) Each of the members referred to in paragraph (1) (d) shall be appointed
on the nomination of the Australian Meat Exporters' Federal Council.
  (6A) The member referred to in paragraph (1) (e) is to be appointed on the
nomination of the Meat and Allied Trades Federation of Australia.
  (7) If the Minister is not satisfied as to the suitability of a person
nominated for appointment to the Committee by a particular body pursuant to
the provisions of subsection (4), (5), (6) or (6A), he or she may request that
body to make a further nomination.
  (8) If a body on whose nomination a member was appointed requests the
Minister to terminate the appointment, the Minister shall terminate the
appointment accordingly.
  (9) The appointment of a member is not invalidated and shall not be called
in question, by reason of a defect or irregularity in or in connection with
his or her nomination or his or her appointment.
  (10) The exercise of a power or the performance of a function by the
Committee is not invalidated by reason of there being a vacancy or vacancies
in the membership of the Committee.
  (11) A member who has resigned or whose appointment has been terminated in
pursuance of subsection (8) is eligible for re-appointment.

AUSTRALIAN MEAT AND LIVE-STOCK INDUSTRY SELECTION COMMITTEE ACT 1984 - SECT 
12 
Acting Chairman 
SECT

  12. (1) The Minister may appoint a person to act as Chairman:
  (a) during a vacancy in the office of Chairman whether or not an appointment
has previously been made to the office; or
  (b) during any period, or during all periods, when the Chairman is absent
from duty or from Australia, or is, for any other reason, unable to perform
the functions of his or her office;
but a person appointed to act during a vacancy shall not continue so to act
for more than 12 months.
  (2) An appointment of a person under subsection (1) may be expressed to have
effect only in such circumstances as are specified in the instrument of
appointment.
  (3) A person who is a member or a deputy of a member is not eligible to be
appointed to act as Chairman.
  (4) The Minister may, at any time, terminate the appointment of any person
acting as Chairman.
  (5) A person acting as Chairman is entitled, while he or she is acting as
Chairman, to receive remuneration and allowances at the same rates as the
rates applicable to the Chairman.
  (6) Where a person is acting as Chairman in accordance with paragraph (1)
(b) and the office of Chairman becomes vacant while that person is so acting,
then, subject to subsection (2), that person may continue so to act until the
Minister otherwise directs, the vacancy is filled or a period of 12 months
from the date on which the vacancy occurred expires, whichever first happens.
  (7) While a person is acting as Chairman, he or she has and may exercise all
the powers, and shall perform all the functions of the Chairman under this
Act.
  (8) The validity of anything done by, or in relation to, a person purporting
to act under subsection (1) shall not be called in question on the ground that
the occasion for his or her appointment had not arisen, that there is a defect
or irregularity in or in connection with his or her appointment, that the
appointment had ceased to have effect or that the occasion for him or her to
act had not arisen or had ceased.

AUSTRALIAN MEAT AND LIVE-STOCK INDUSTRY SELECTION COMMITTEE ACT 1984 - SECT 
13 
Deputies 
SECT

  13. (1) The Minister may, upon the nomination of a body referred to in
subsection 11 (4), (5), (6) or (6A), appoint a person to be the deputy of a
member appointed pursuant to that subsection.
  (2) The Minister shall, at the request of the body that nominated a person
to be the deputy of a member in accordance with subsection (1), terminate the
appointment of that person.
  (3) The deputy of a member is entitled to attend a meeting of the Committee
that is not attended by the member of whom he or she is the deputy, and, while
so doing, shall be deemed to be a member.
  (4) The appointment of a deputy of a member, and any act done by a deputy of
a member, shall not be questioned in any proceedings on the ground that the
occasion of his or her appointment had not arisen or had ceased.

AUSTRALIAN MEAT AND LIVE-STOCK INDUSTRY SELECTION COMMITTEE ACT 1984 - SECT 
14 
Casual vacancies 
SECT

  14. (1) If a member referred to in paragraph 11 (1) (b), (c), (d) or (e)
ceases to hold office before the expiration of the period for which he or she
was appointed, the Minister may appoint as a member for the remainder of that
period a person nominated in accordance with whichever of subsections 11 (4),
(5), (6) and (6A) applied to the nomination of the member who has ceased to
hold office.
  (2) If the Chairman ceases to hold office before the expiration of the
period for which he or she was appointed, the Minister may appoint a person to
be Chairman for the remainder of that period.

AUSTRALIAN MEAT AND LIVE-STOCK INDUSTRY SELECTION COMMITTEE ACT 1984 - SECT 
15 
Remuneration and allowances 
SECT

  15. (1) The Chairman shall be paid such remuneration as is determined by the
Remuneration Tribunal, but, if no determination of that remuneration by the
Tribunal is in operation, he or she shall be paid such remuneration as is
prescribed.
  (2) A member, other than the Chairman, or the deputy of such a member, is
not entitled to remuneration.
  (3) A member or the deputy of a member shall be paid such allowances as are
prescribed.
  (4) This section has effect subject to the provisions of the Remuneration
Tribunals Act 1973 other than subsections 7 (9) and (13) of that Act.

AUSTRALIAN MEAT AND LIVE-STOCK INDUSTRY SELECTION COMMITTEE ACT 1984 - SECT 
16 
Leave of absence 
SECT

  16. (1) The Minister may grant leave of absence to the Chairman upon such
terms and conditions as the Minister thinks fit.
  (2) The Chairman may grant leave of absence to another member upon such
terms and conditions as he or she thinks fit.

AUSTRALIAN MEAT AND LIVE-STOCK INDUSTRY SELECTION COMMITTEE ACT 1984 - SECT 
17 
Resignation 
SECT

  17. A member may resign his or her membership of the Committee by writing
signed by him or her and delivered to the Minister.

AUSTRALIAN MEAT AND LIVE-STOCK INDUSTRY SELECTION COMMITTEE ACT 1984 - SECT 
18 
Termination of appointments of members 
SECT

  18. (1) The Minister may terminate the appointment of a member for
misbehaviour or physical or mental incapacity.
  (2) If:
  (a) a member becomes bankrupt, applies to take the benefit of any law for
the relief of bankrupt or insolvent debtors, compounds with his or her
creditors or makes an assignment of his or her remuneration for their
benefit;
  (b) a member fails, without reasonable excuse, to comply with his or her
obligations under section 19;
  (c) the Chairman is absent, except with the leave of the Minister, from 3
consecutive meetings of the Committee; or
  (d) a member other than the Chairman is absent, except with the leave of the
Chairman or Acting Chairman, from 3 consecutive meetings of the Committee;
the Minister shall terminate the appointment of the member concerned.

AUSTRALIAN MEAT AND LIVE-STOCK INDUSTRY SELECTION COMMITTEE ACT 1984 - SECT 
19 
Disclosure of interests of members 
SECT

  19. (1) A member who has a direct or indirect pecuniary interest in a matter
being considered or about to be considered by the Committee, being an interest
that could conflict with the proper performance of his or her functions in
relation to the consideration of the matter, shall, as soon as practicable
after the relevant facts have come to his or her knowledge, disclose the
nature of his or her interest at a meeting of the Committee.
  (2) A disclosure under subsection (1) shall be recorded in the minutes of
the meeting of the Committee and the member shall not, unless the Minister or
the Committee otherwise determines:
  (a) be present during any deliberation of the Committee with respect to that
matter; or
  (b) take part in any decision of the Committee with respect to that matter.
  (3) For the purpose of the making of a determination by the Committee under
subsection (2) in relation to a member who has made a disclosure under
subsection (1), a member who has a direct or indirect pecuniary interest in
the matter to which the disclosure relates, being an interest that could
conflict with the proper performance of his or her functions in relation to
the consideration of the matter, shall not:
  (a) be present during any deliberation of the Committee for the purpose of
making the determination; or
  (b) take part in the making by the Committee of the determination.
  (4) A member who has a direct or indirect pecuniary interest in a matter
being considered or about to be considered by the Committee in accordance with
section 21 otherwise than at a meeting of the Committee, being an interest
that could conflict with the proper performance of his or her functions in
relation to the consideration of the matter shall, as soon as is practicable
after the relevant facts have come to his or her knowledge, disclose the
nature of his or her interest to the Minister.
  (5) A member who makes, or is required to make, a disclosure to the Minister
under subsection (4) with respect to a matter shall not, unless the Minister
otherwise determines, sign a document in accordance with section 21 containing
a statement that he or she is in favour of a resolution with respect to that
matter.

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Meetings 
SECT

  20. (1) The Chairman may convene such meetings of the Committee as he or she
considers necessary for the efficient performance of its functions.
  (2) Meetings of the Committee shall be held at such places and at such times
as the Chairman determines.
  (3) The Chairman shall preside at all meetings of the committee at which he
or she is present.
  (4) If, at a meeting of the Committee, the Chairman is not present, the
members present shall elect one of their number to preside at the meeting.
  (5) A quorum at a meeting of the Committee is constituted by 5 members of
whom at least 2 must be members appointed under paragraph 11 (1) (b) or (c)
and at least 2 must be members appointed under paragraph 11 (1) (d) or (e).
  (6) At a meeting of the Committee:
  (a) subject to subsection (7), a question to be determined shall be decided
by a majority of the votes of the members present;
  (b) in the case of a meeting that is presided over by the Chairman-the
Chairman has a deliberative vote and, in the event of an equality of votes,
also has a casting vote; and
  (c) in the case of a meeting held in the absence of the Chairman:
    (i) the member elected to preside shall have a
deliberative vote but not a casting vote; and
    (ii) in the event of an equality of votes upon a
question to be determined-the question shall be decided in the negative.
  (7) At a meeting held in the absence of the Chairman a person may not be
nominated for appointment to the Corporation if his or her proposed nomination
is voted against by more than one of the members present.
  (8) The Committee shall keep a record of its proceedings.
  (9) In this section, a reference to the Chairman shall be read as including
a reference to a person who is the acting Chairman.

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Resolutions without formal meetings 
SECT

  21. (1) If a number of the members (being members who, if they were present
at a meeting would constitute a quorum) sign a document containing a statement
that they are in favour of a resolution of the Committee in terms set out in
the document, a resolution in those terms shall be deemed to have been passed
at a duly constituted meeting of the Committee on the day on which the
document was signed, or, if the members signed the document on different days,
on the day on which the document was last signed by a member.
  (2) For the purposes of subsection (1), 2 or more separate documents
containing statements in identical terms each of which is signed by one or
more members shall together be deemed to constitute one document containing a
statement in those terms signed by those members on the respective days on
which they signed the separate documents.

AUSTRALIAN MEAT AND LIVE-STOCK INDUSTRY SELECTION COMMITTEE ACT 1984 - PART V 
 PART V-STAFF AND CONSULTANTS 

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Committee may engage staff and consultants 
SECT

  22. (1) The Committee may engage persons to perform, from time to time,
clerical and administrative services in connection with the performance of its
functions.
  (2) The Committee may engage persons having suitable qualifications and
experience as consultants to the Committee to assist the Committee in
identifying persons suitable for nomination to the Minister.
  (3) The terms and conditions of engagement of persons engaged under
subsection (1) or (2) shall be such as are determined by the Committee.

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 PART VI-MISCELLANEOUS 

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Committee to notify costs and expenses 
SECT

  22A. (1) Where the Committee incurs costs and expenses, either before or
after the commencement of this section, it shall notify the Meat and
Live-stock Corporation of the costs and expenses so incurred and, if the whole
or any part of those costs and expenses were incurred by the Committee in
relation to the selection of members of the Meat Research Corporation, whether
constituted under section 12 or subsection 28 (5) of the Meat Research
Corporation Act 1985, the Committee shall identify, in that notice, the costs
and expenses, or the part of the costs and expenses, that were incurred in
relation to those activities.
  (2) In this section, a reference to costs and expenses incurred by the
Committee shall be taken to include a reference to the remuneration and
allowances payable to the Chairman and the acting Chairman (if any) of that
Committee, to the members of that Committee other than the Chairman and to the
deputies of those members and to staff of, and consultants to, that Committee.

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Regulations 
SECT

  24. The Governor-General may make regulations, not inconsistent with this
Act, prescribing matters:
  (a) required or permitted by this Act to be prescribed; or
  (b) necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving
effect to this Act.