353   Appointment of nominees

(1)  If a member of an advisory council is to be appointed on the nomination of a Management Advisory Committee or the Nature Conservation Council, the Minister is to request the body concerned to nominate two candidates for appointment to the advisory council.

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

(a)  is to advise the body concerned of that decision and of the reason for the decision, and

(b)  if the Minister considers it appropriate, is to give the body concerned an opportunity to nominate another candidate.

(3)  If a Management Advisory Committee or the Nature Conservation Council fails to nominate a candidate for appointment to the advisory council within 60 days after being requested to do so by the Minister, or fails to nominate within that period a candidate whose nomination is accepted by the Minister, the Minister may appoint any person whom the Minister considers suitable to represent the interests of the body concerned as a member of the advisory council, instead of a person nominated by that body.