81   Consultants to be engaged on merit

(1)  A decision by a Local Aboriginal Land Council to engage a consultant is to be made on the basis of merit.

(2)  The merit of persons eligible to be engaged as a consultant is to be determined having regard to:

(a)  the nature of the duties of the work required to be done, and

(b)  the abilities, qualifications, experience, standard of work performance and personal qualities of those persons that are relevant to the performance of those duties.