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CONSERVATION AND LAND MANAGEMENT ACT 1984 - SECT 23

23 .         Other persons entitled to attend meetings of Commission

        (1)         In this section —

        agency has the meaning given in the Public Sector Management Act 1994 section 3(1);

        chief executive officer includes a chief employee within the meaning of the Public Sector Management Act 1994 ;

        Director means a senior executive officer (within the meaning of the Public Sector Management Act 1994 ) designated by the CEO to be a Director for the purposes of this section.

        (2)         Reasonable notice of a meeting of the Commission is to be given to the following people —

            (a)         the CEO;

            (b)         if in the view of the chairperson any matter proposed to be put before the meeting concerns the functions of a Director — the Director;

            (c)         if in the view of the chairperson another agency is concerned with a matter to be considered at the meeting — the chief executive officer of the agency.

        (3)         For the purposes of subsection (2)(b), the CEO is to notify the chairperson as to the functions of the Directors and any changes to those functions.

        (4)         Subject to subsection (5) —

            (a)         the CEO, or the CEO’s representative, is entitled to attend any meeting and to take part in the consideration and discussion of any matter before a meeting, but cannot vote on any matter; and

            (b)         a Director who receives notice under subsection (2)(b), or that Director’s representative, is entitled to attend the meeting to which the notice applies and to take part in the consideration and discussion of any matter before the meeting that concerns the functions of the Director, but cannot vote on any matter; and

            (c)         a chief executive officer of another agency who receives notice under subsection (2)(c), or that chief executive officer’s representative, is entitled to attend the meeting to which the notice applies and to take part in the consideration and discussion of any matter before the meeting that concerns the agency, but cannot vote on any matter.

        (5)         The Commission may decide to exclude the persons referred to in subsection (4) (but not some of them only) from a meeting while it is considering —

            (a)         a matter that relates to the functions or actions of the CEO or the Department; or

            (b)         a matter that relates to the functions or actions of any agency in relation to management plans for lands and waters vested in or under the care, control and management of the Commission or in the Commission jointly with another person.

        [Section 23 inserted: No. 28 of 2015 s. 29; amended: No. 27 of 2022 s. 12.]

        [Heading deleted: No. 28 of 2015 s. 30.]

        [Heading inserted: No. 28 of 2015 s. 31.]



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