336   Appointment of Nature Conservation Council representatives

(1)  For the purposes of clause 335 (1) (c), the Minister is to request the Nature Conservation Council to nominate one or more persons from among its officers and members as a candidate or as candidates for appointment to the MAC concerned.

(2)  The Minister may decline to accept the nomination of any such candidate. In such a case the Minister:

(a)  is to advise the Nature Conservation Council of that decision and of the reason for that decision, and

(b)  if the Minister considers it appropriate, is to give the Nature Conservation Council an opportunity to nominate another candidate or candidates.

(3)  If the Nature Conservation Council:

(a)  fails to nominate a candidate, or a sufficient number of candidates, for appointment to the relevant MAC within 60 days after being requested to do so by the Minister, or

(b)  fails to nominate within that period a candidate, or a sufficient number of candidates, whose nomination is, or whose nominations are, accepted by the Minister,

      the Minister may appoint as a member of that MAC any person or persons whom the Minister considers suitable to represent the interests of the Council, instead of a person nominated by the Council.