New Zealand Legislation: Regulations

17 Procedure to be followed and criteria to be applied in appointing lay members

• (1) Before appointing a lay member of the Standards Committee, the Board must—

  • (a) call for expressions of interest; and

  • (b) assess the expressions of interest received; and

  • (c) select the lay member to be appointed from among those persons who expressed an interest.

  (2) Before the Board may appoint a lay member of the Standards Committee, the Board must be satisfied—

  • (a) that the person is of good character and is a fit and proper person to serve on the Committee; and

  • (b) that the person has some or all of the attributes of skill, experience, and judgement necessary to deal with and make appropriate decisions in respect of complaints.

  (3) Subclause (1)(c) is subject to subclause (2).