Commonwealth Numbered Acts

HORTICULTURAL POLICY COUNCIL ACT 1987 No. 167 of 1987 - SECT 24

24. (1) The Council may establish working groups to provide advice to it on
any matter.

(2) Where the Council establishes a working group, the Council shall determine
the period for which the working group is to remain in existence.

(3) A working group may be constituted wholly by members of the Council,
wholly by other persons, or partly by members of the Council and partly by
other persons.

(4) The Council shall appoint one of the members of a working group to be
Chairperson of the working group.

(5) The Council may, by resolution, determine:

   (a)  the manner in which a working group is to perform its functions; and

   (b)  the procedure to be followed at or in relation to meetings of a
        working group, including matters with respect to:

        (i)    the convening of meetings of the working group;

        (ii)   the quorum for meetings of the working group (including
               requirements that particular members be present);

        (iii)  the member of the working group to preside at meetings of the
               working group at which the Chairperson of the working group is
               not present;

        (iv)   the manner in which questions arising at a meeting of the
               committee are to be decided;

        (v)    the keeping of minutes; and

        (vi)   the inviting of persons to attend meetings of the working group
               for the purpose of advising or informing the working group on
               any matter.

(6) Except in relation to matters determined by the Council under subsection
(5), a working group may determine the procedure to be followed at or in
relation to its meetings.

(7) Where a member of a working group disagrees with a finding or
recommendation to be included in a report of a working group, the report
shall:

   (a)  identify the member; and

   (b)  include a statement of the views of the member in relation to the
        finding or recommendation.

(8) Section 18 applies in relation to a member of a working group as if:

   (a)  a reference to the Council were a reference to the working group; and

   (b)  a reference to a member were a reference to a member of the working
        group (whether or not the member of the working group is also a member
        of the Council).