Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) From the commencement, the board consists of the existing members.
(2) Also, the board may include other persons appointed by the Governor in Council (the additional members).
(3) However, the first board must not consist of more than 11 members.
(4) An existing member, other than the chief health officer, holds office as a member until the earlier of the following days--
(a) the day the existing member's term of appointment under the repealed Act would have ended if this Act had not commenced;
(b) if the existing member vacates office under this Act before the day mentioned in paragraph (a), the day the existing member vacates office.
(5) An additional member is to be appointed for a term that ends on or before the day when the terms of appointment of the existing members, other than the chief health officer, under the repealed Act would have ended if this Act had not commenced.
(6) If a person, including an existing member, appointed to the board under this section is a registrant, the person is taken to be an appointed member and appointed registrant member.
(7) Subsection (6) does not apply to the chief health officer.
(8) If a person, including an existing member, appointed to the board under this section is not a registrant, the person is taken to be an appointed member.
(9) The chief health officer is always a member of the first board.
(10) The Governor in Council may appoint a person to fill the office of a member of the first board if it is vacant.
(11) This section has effect despite sections 15 to 18 and 20.
(12) In this section--
existing member means a person who, immediately before the commencement, held office as a member of the former board.
first board means the board as constituted under this section.