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Chapter 3
Governance
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Membership
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21. (1) The regulator shall consist of—
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(a) a member (in this Act referred to as the “chairperson”) designated by the Minister to chair the regulator, and
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(b) seven ordinary members,
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of whom at least three shall be persons appearing to the Minister to be primary producers.
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(2) The first members of the regulator shall be appointed by the Minister as soon as practicable after the establishment day.
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(3) The Minister shall make subsequent appointments to the regulator as necessary to supply vacancies.
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(4) The Minister shall appoint persons as members of the regulator who appear to the Minister to have experience of, and to have shown capacity in, matters relevant to the regulator’s functions.
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(5) The Minister shall aim to appoint an equal number of men and women as members of the regulator (subject to subsection (4)).
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