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Conservation Act 1987

New Zealand Conservation Authority and Conservation Boards - Conservation Boards

6R: Term of office of members of Boards

You could also call this:

"How long you can be on a Conservation Board"

When you are a member of a Conservation Board, you hold office for a term that is up to three years. The Minister decides how long your term will be. You can be reappointed when your term ends. If you are a member of a Board, the Minister can remove you from office if you go bankrupt, cannot do your job, neglect your duties, or behave badly. You can resign from the Board at any time by writing to the Minister. If a member of a Board dies, resigns, or is removed, the Minister must fill the empty position. The Minister fills the position in the same way it was filled originally, or in a way set out in section 6P(2) or section 6P(8). A new member appointed to fill an empty position holds office for the rest of the term of the person who left. You stay in office until a new member is appointed to replace you, even if your term has ended.

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6RTerm of office of members of Boards

  1. Subject to subsections (2) to (5), every appointed member of a Board shall hold office for such term, not exceeding 3 years, as the Minister shall specify in the notice of appointment, and may from time to time be reappointed.

  2. Any member of a Board may at any time be removed from office by the Minister for bankruptcy, inability to perform the functions of the office, neglect of duty, or misconduct.

  3. Any member of a Board may at any time resign his or her office by writing addressed to the Minister.

  4. If any member of a Board appointed other than under section 6P(2) dies, resigns, or is removed from office, the Minister must fill the vacancy so created in the manner in which the appointment to the vacant office was originally made.

  5. If any member of a Board appointed under section 6P(2) dies, resigns, or is removed from office, the Minister must fill the vacancy so created either—

  6. in the manner in which the appointment to the vacant office was originally made; or
    1. by appointing, in accordance with section 6P(8), a person selected from the nominations received in response to the most recent call for nominations under section 6P(4).

      1. A person appointed to be a member of a Board under subsection (4) or subsection (4A) holds office for the residue of the term for which the vacating member was appointed.

      2. Unless a member sooner dies, resigns, or is removed from office, every member of a Board shall continue in office until that member's successor comes into office, notwithstanding that the term for which that member was appointed may have expired.

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      Notes
      • Section 6R: inserted, on , by section 5 of the Conservation Law Reform Act 1990 (1990 No 31).
      • Section 6R(2): amended, on , by section 70(1) of the Human Rights Amendment Act 2001 (2001 No 96).
      • Section 6R(4): substituted, on , by section 5 of the Conservation Amendment Act 1999 (1999 No 30).
      • Section 6R(4A): inserted, on , by section 5 of the Conservation Amendment Act 1999 (1999 No 30).
      • Section 6R(4B): inserted, on , by section 5 of the Conservation Amendment Act 1999 (1999 No 30).