Fisheries Act 1996

Fisheries administration - Catch History Review Committee

285: Members

You could also call this:

"Who can be on the Catch History Review Committee and how they can leave"

You can be a member of the Catch History Review Committee. You can resign from the Committee at any time by writing to the Minister. The Minister can also remove you from the Committee if you cannot do your job, go bankrupt, neglect your duties, or behave badly. You need to write to the Minister to resign. The Minister decides if you should be removed from the Committee. This is based on certain reasons, such as not being able to do your job. The Minister has the power to remove you at any time. You can find more information about this in the Fisheries Act and the Human Rights Amendment Act 2001.

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284: Functions of Committee, or

"The Committee's Job is to Hear and Decide Appeals"

286: Defect in appointment, or

"Mistakes in choosing committee members don't change the committee's decisions"

Part 15Fisheries administration
Catch History Review Committee

285Members

Any member of the Catch History Review Committee may resign his or her office at any time by notice in writing to the Minister.
Any member of the Committee may be removed from office at any time by the Minister on the ground of inability to perform the functions of the office, bankruptcy, neglect of duty, or misconduct of the member proved to the satisfaction of the Minister.

Compare

1983 No 14 ss 13(4)–(6), 28A(5)
1986 No 34 s 9

Notes

Section 285(2): amended, on 1 January 2002, by section 70(1) of the Human Rights Amendment Act 2001 (2001 No 96).