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Conservation Act 1987

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26V: Co-opted members

You could also call this:

"Being a special helper on a Fish and Game Council without voting rights"

You can be part of a Fish and Game Council if they choose you. They can pick anyone they think is suitable to join the Council for a certain amount of time. You get to go to meetings and talk, but you cannot vote on decisions. The Council decides how long you stay as a co-opted member.

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26VCo-opted members

  1. Any Fish and Game Council may co-opt for such term as it thinks fit any suitable person or persons to be a member or members of the Council.

  2. A co-opted member of a Council shall be entitled to attend and speak at any meeting of that Council, but shall not be entitled to vote on any question.

Notes
  • Section 26V: inserted, on , by section 17 of the Conservation Law Reform Act 1990 (1990 No 31).