(1) A Local Government Project Review Committee is established.
(2) The Project Review Committee is to consist of the following members--(a) the Departmental Chief Executive (or a person employed in the Department nominated by the Departmental Chief Executive) who is to be the chairperson of the Committee,(b) the Secretary of the Treasury (or a person employed in the Treasury nominated by the Secretary),(c) the Secretary of the Premier's Department (or a person employed in that Department nominated by that Secretary),(e) the Secretary of the Department of Planning and Environment (or a person employed in that Department nominated by that Secretary),(f) such other persons as may be appointed by the Departmental Chief Executive for the purposes of enabling the Project Review Committee to exercise its functions.
(3) The appointment by the Departmental Chief Executive of persons as members of the Project Review Committee under subsection (2)(f) is to be made on the basis of the nature, or subject-matter, of the project that is before the Committee for review. In doing so, the Departmental Chief Executive is to ensure that any person appointed as a member has the relevant expertise to enable the Committee to properly exercise its functions in relation to the project concerned.
(4) Without limiting subsection (3), the Departmental Chief Executive may appoint persons from the private sector as members of the Project Review Committee.
(5) The Project Review Committee has such functions as are conferred or imposed on it by or under this or any other Act.
(6) Schedule 3 has effect with respect to the members and procedure of the Project Review Committee.