Conservation of Agricultural Resources Act, 1983 (Act No. 43 of 1983)17. Conservation Advisory Board |
| (1) | There is hereby established an advisory board to be known as the Conservation Advisory Board. |
| (2) | The advisory board shall advise the Minister on matters concerning— |
| (a) | the desirability of prescribing specific control measures with regard to a particular area; |
| (b) | the desirability of establishing a specified scheme, and the provisions of any such scheme; and |
| (c) | any other matter arising from the application of this Act or a scheme, or which it may deem necessary in order to achieve the objects of this Act or which the Minister may refer to it for advice. |
| (3) |
| (a) | The members of the advisory board shall be appointed by the Minister and shall consist of— |
| (i) | the executive officer and another officer of the department; |
| (ii) | one officer of the Department of Environment Affairs who has been nominated by the Minister of Environment Affairs and Fisheries; |
| (iii) | one person from among the members of each regional conservation committee; and |
| (iv) | one person nominated by the South African Agricultural Union. |
| (b) | For the purposes of paragraph (a)(iii)— |
| (i) | a member of any regional conservation committee who is an officer shall not be appointed as a member of the advisory board; and |
| (ii) | the Minister may, if he deems it expedient, appoint one additional person from among the members of any particular regional conservation committee as a member of the advisory board. |
| (4) |
| (a) | A member referred to in subsection (3)(a)(iii) shall hold office for the unexpired portion of the period for which he has been appointed as a member of a regional conservation committee. |
| (b) | A member referred to in subsection (3)(a)(iv) shall hold office for such period, not being more than five years, as the Minister may determine at the time of appointment of that member. |
| (c) | A member referred to in subsection (3)(a)(iii) or (iv) may at the expiration of his term of office by effluxion of time be reappointed. |
| (d) | A member of the advisory board shall vacate his office if— |
| (i) | he has absented himself from two consecutive meetings of the advisory board without the leave of the board; |
| (ii) | in the case of a member referred to in subsection (3)(a)(i) or (ii), he vacates the office held at the time of his appointment; |
| (iii) | in the case of a member referred to in subsection (3)(a)(iii), he ceases to be a member of a regional conservation committee; |
| (iv) | he tenders his resignation in writing to the chairman of the advisory board; or |
| (v) | the Minister, if in his opinion sufficient reasons exist therefor, terminates his membership of the advisory board. |
| (e) | A vacancy on the advisory board arising in terms of paragraph (d) or as a result of the death of a member, shall be filled by appointment in the manner in which the member who vacated his office or died, was required to be appointed. |
| (f) | A member who is appointed by virtue of paragraph (e) shall hold office for the unexpired portion of the period for which the member who vacated his office or died, was appointed. |
| (5) | The officers referred to in subsection (3)(a)(i) shall be the vice-chairman and chairman, respectively, of the advisory board. |
| (6) | The provisions of sections 15(7) and (8) and 16(6), (8) and (9) shall mutatis mutandis apply to the advisory board. |