(1) Each Catchment Management Authority must have a board consisting of—
(a) a chairperson; and
(b) not less than 5 and not more than 8 other members—
appointed by the Minister, after consultation with the Minister administering the Water Act 1989 and the Minister administering the Agricultural Industry Development Act 1990 .
(2) The board of each Authority must consist of persons with experience and knowledge of one or more of the following—
(a) land management;
(b) water resources management and the water industry;
(c) waterway management;
(d) environment or natural resources management;
(e) primary industry;
(f) strategic or business planning;
(g) financial management.
S. 15(3) substituted by No. 48/2021 s. 137.
(3) More than one half of the members of the board of each Catchment Management Authority must be persons whose principal occupation is—
(a) primary production; or
(b) providing advice about primary production; or
(c) engaging in research about primary production.
New s. 16 inserted by No. 85/2006 s. 151.