Regulation 5
Nominations by sector members of proposed members of Council
of National Council of Social Service (Sector Membership) Regulations 2026
Subregulation 1
The Chairperson may determine the start date and end date of the period in which sector members may submit nominations of persons for appointment as a member of the Council under section 5(2)(d) of the Act.
Subregulation 2
After determining the nomination period, the Chairperson must cause the nomination period to be communicated in writing to all sector members.
Subregulation 3
Sector members may only make nominations during a nomination period.
Subregulation 4
A sector member may make only one nomination during a given nomination period.
Subregulation 5
A sector member may only nominate one of the following individuals for appointment as a member of the Council under section 5(2)(d) of the Act:
a member of the governing body of the sector member;
where the sector member is the trustee or trustees of a charitable trust, that trustee or one of those trustees, as the case may be;
a member of a committee established by the sector member;
an employee of the sector member;
a person who (whether individually or as part of a body) is entitled to exercise executive functions in relation to the sector member but is not a person mentioned in sub‑paragraph (a), (b), (c) or (d);
an individual engaged by the sector member to provide advisory services to the sector member.
Subregulation 6
A nomination must be made to the Chairperson in the form and manner required by the Council, and be accompanied by any information that the Council requires for the Minister to decide on the appointment.
Subregulation 7
In this regulation —
Definition
“nomination” means a nomination by a sector member of a person for appointment as a member of the Council under section 5(2)(d) of the Act;
Definition
“nomination period” means the period in which sector members may submit nominations determined under paragraph (1).