(1) These regulations may be cited as the Timber Industry Training Centre Advisory Committee Regulations 1966.

(2) These regulations shall come into force on the day after the date of their notification in the Gazette.

(1) There shall be an advisory committee which shall be known as the Timber Industry Training Centre Advisory Committee.

(2) The Committee shall consist of—

• (a) One representative of the Forest Service, to be appointed from time to time by the Director-General of Forests:

• (b) One representative of the Department of Education, to be appointed from time to time by the Director-General of Education:

• (c) One representative of the Department of Labour, to be appointed from time to time by the Secretary of Labour

• (d) Two representatives of the New Zealand Timber Industry Federation Incorporated to be appointed from time to time by that Federation:

• (e) [Revoked]

• (f) One representative of the New Zealand Timber Workers Union (Incorporated), to be appointed from time to time by that Union.

• (g) One or 2 representatives of that part of the timber industry that is involved with the utilisation of timber after its logging and extraction and until the timber products are sold as finished goods, such representative or representatives to be appointed from time to time by the other members of the Committee in their discretion for a term of 3 years.

(3) Where any member of the Committee is for any reason unable to attend any meeting of the Committee, a substitute who is eligible to be appointed as a member of the Committee in his place may be appointed by the relevant appointing authority generally or for that meeting, and shall be entitled to attend the meeting in his stead.

(4) While any person is attending any meeting of the Committee in accordance with authority conferred under subclause (3) of this regulation, he shall be deemed for all purposes to be a member of the Committee.

(5) The fact, duly recorded in the minutes of any meeting of the Committee, that a person has attended that meeting in one of the capacities specified in the foregoing provisions of this regulation shall be sufficient evidence of his authority to do so in the absence of proof to the contrary.

(1) Until the first day of October, nineteen hundred and sixty-eight, the person appointed under regulation 3 hereof as the representative of the Forest Service shall be the Chairman of the Committee.

(2) On and after the first day of October, nineteen hundred and sixty-eight, the Committee shall from time to time appoint one of its members to be the Chairman thereof. Every person who is so appointed as Chairman of the Committee shall hold that office for a term of two years, unless he sooner resigns that office or ceases to be a member of the Committee, but may from time to time be reappointed.

(3) The Chairman of any meeting of the Committee shall have a deliberative vote, and in the case of an equality of votes shall also have a casting vote.

(1) The Committee shall from time to time advise the Director-General of Forests regarding proposals in respect of the syllabus, equipment, and selection of instructors and trainees for the Training Centre.

(2) The Committee may from time to time make reports to the Minister regarding the progress and utility of the Training Centre.

(1) Meetings of the Committee shall ordinarily be held at such time and place as may be stated in each case by or on behalf of the Chairman or any three members of the Committee in a notice convening the meeting.

(2) Previous to any meeting of the Committee notice to attend the meeting, signed by or on behalf of the Chairman or three members giving the notice, shall be sent through the Post Office or delivered to the ordinary business address of each member not less than 21 days before the date appointed for the meeting:

Provided that in case of emergency a meeting may be called within less than 21 days.

(3) At any meeting of the Committee four members shall form a quorum.

(4) Every question before any meeting of the Committee shall be determined by a majority of the members present and voting thereon.

(5) The use of proxies shall not be permitted.

(6) Except as expressly provided in these regulations, the Committee may regulate its procedure in such manner as it thinks fit.

(1) Proper minutes shall be kept of the proceedings of each meeting of the Committee in a book or file to be kept for that purpose.

(2) Any such minutes, if purporting to be signed by the Chairman of the meeting to which they relate or of the next succeeding meeting, shall, after due confirmation and in the absence of proof to the contrary, be sufficient evidence of the matters stated in those minutes.

(3) Where minutes of any proceedings of the Committee at any meeting have been made in accordance with this regulation, then, until the contrary is proved, the meeting shall be presumed to have been duly convened and held, and all proceedings had thereat shall be presumed to have been duly conducted.

(1) The Committee may from time to time appoint subcommittees for the purposes of gathering data, drafting reports, and other preparatory work in relation to the purposes of the Committee.

(2) The provisions of subclauses (3), (4), and (5) of regulation 3 of these regulations shall apply to the members of any such subcommittee so far as they are applicable and with the necessary modifications.