Western Australian Consolidated Regulations Western Australian Consolidated Regulations (1) The Minister may
make an appointment under paragraph (b), (c), (d), (e) or (f) of
regulation 5(1) only if —
(a) the
Minister has in writing requested each body approved by the Minister for the
purposes of that paragraph to submit to the Minister, within the period
specified in the request, the names of 3 persons eligible and willing to be
appointed under that paragraph; and
(b)
either —
(i)
each body has submitted those names; or
(ii)
the period within which the submission may be made has
expired.
(2) The Minister may
make an appointment under regulation 5(1)(fa) only if, at least
28 days before the appointment is made, an invitation to residential
consumers to apply to be appointed to the Board has been published in a manner
approved by the Minister.
(3) If, in response to
a request under subregulation (1), a body submits to the Minister the
name of only one person, or the names of only 2 persons, eligible and willing
to be appointed, that name or those names may be included in the panel from
which the Minister may select the person to be appointed.
(4) If, in response to
a request under subregulation (1) —
(a) each
body approved by the Minister for the purposes of a paragraph of
regulation 5(1) fails to submit to the Minister any names before the
expiry of the period within which the submission may be made; or
(b) the
Minister considers that none of the persons whose names have been submitted
for the purposes of that paragraph is a suitable person to be appointed to the
Board,
the Minister shall
appoint a person who is eligible to be appointed under the relevant paragraph
of regulation 5(2), and the person so appointed is taken to have been
selected by the Minister from a panel of names submitted under the relevant
paragraph of regulation 5(1).
(5) If, in response to
an invitation published under subregulation (2) —
(a) no
person applies; or
(b) the
Minister considers that none of the persons who apply is a suitable person to
be appointed to the Board,
the Minister shall
appoint a person who is a residential consumer, and the person so appointed is
taken to have been selected by the Minister in accordance with
regulation 5(1)(fa).
[Regulation 6 inserted in Gazette
24 Oct 2003 p. 4497‑8.]