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Reserves Act 1977

Administration

9: Committees

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"People helping the Minister make decisions about reserves"

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The Minister can appoint one or more committees to help with this Act. These committees can make decisions on the Minister's behalf, or they can give the Minister advice on certain matters, including the administration of reserves. The Minister is in charge of these committees.

You can be part of a committee if you are an officer of the Department, or if you are not an officer of the Department. A committee can have only officers of the Department, or a mix of officers and other people, or only people who are not officers of the Department.

The Minister can also ask the Authority or a conservation board to be a committee. If you are on a committee and you are not an officer of the Department, you can get paid for your work, including fees, allowances, and travel expenses, as set out in the Fees and Travelling Allowances Act 1951.

The Minister decides how much you get paid, and it comes from money that Parliament has set aside for this purpose. The rules about payment are the same as for a statutory board, as described in the Fees and Travelling Allowances Act 1951.

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Part 1Administration

9Committees

  1. The Minister may from time to time appoint 1 or more committees for the purposes of this Act, each such committee to exercise on his or her behalf such powers and functions under this Act as may be delegated to it pursuant to section 10, or to advise him or her either as to matters within his or her jurisdiction generally, or in any particular case or matter or any particular class of cases or matters, or on the administration of any reserves or group of reserves. In the exercise of its powers, every committee shall be under the control of the Minister.

  2. A committee may consist entirely of officers of the Department or partly of officers of the Department and partly of other persons, or may consist entirely of persons who are not officers of the Department.

  3. The Minister may appoint the Authority or any conservation board to be a committee for the purposes of this section.

  4. There shall be paid, out of money appropriated by Parliament for the purpose, to the members of any committee who are not members by virtue of being officers of any department of State remuneration by way of fees, salary, or allowances and travelling allowances and expenses in accordance with the Fees and Travelling Allowances Act 1951, and the provisions of that Act shall apply accordingly as if the committee were a statutory board within the meaning of that Act.

Compare
  • 1960 No 87 s 2
Notes
  • Section 9(3): replaced, on , by section 93 of the Conservation Law Reform Act 1990 (1990 No 31).