400J   Establishment and constitution of Project Review Committee

(1)  A Local Government Project Review Committee is established.

(2)  The Project Review Committee is to consist of the following members:

(a)  the Director-General (or an officer of the Department nominated by the Director-General) who is to be the chairperson of the Committee,

(b)  the Secretary of the Treasury (or an officer of the Treasury nominated by the Secretary),

(c)  the Director-General of the Department of Premier and Cabinet (or an officer of that Department nominated by that Director-General),

(d)  (Repealed)

(e)  the Director-General of the Department of Planning (or an officer of that Department nominated by the Director-General of that Department),

(f)  such other persons as may be appointed by the Director-General for the purposes of enabling the Project Review Committee to exercise its functions.

(3)  The appointment by the Director-General of persons as members of the Project Review Committee under subsection (2) (f) is to be made on the basis of the nature, or subject-matter, of the project that is before the Committee for review. In doing so, the Director-General is to ensure that any person appointed as a member has the relevant expertise to enable the Committee to properly exercise its functions in relation to the project concerned.

(4)  Without limiting subsection (3), the Director-General may appoint persons from the private sector as members of the Project Review Committee.

(5)  The Project Review Committee has such functions as are conferred or imposed on it by or under this or any other Act.

(6)  Schedule 3 has effect with respect to the members and procedure of the Project Review Committee.