Queensland Consolidated Acts

WATER ACT 2000 - SECT 601

601 Chairperson

(1) The chief executive may appoint a director for a category 1 water authority as the board’s chairperson.

(2) The directors for a category 2 water authority may appoint a director as the board’s chairperson.

(3) If a chairperson is not appointed under subsection (2) within 1 month after the board’s first meeting under section 620 (2) (a) or 1 month after the office of chairperson becomes vacant, the chief executive may appoint a director as the board’s chairperson.

(4) Unless a director’s appointment as chairperson ends sooner under this Act, the director holds office as chairperson until the annual meeting after the appointment is made and may be reappointed at that meeting.