REVISED POLICY GUIDELINES- PRIVATE LAND CONSERVATION PARTNERSHIPS · Policy Guideline - Private Land Conservation Partnerships Final with attachments

                          (j) The members of the Subcommittee may elect one of them as chairperson of
                              their meetings.
                          (k) The Steering Committee can remove or add any Subcommittee
                              Representative at any time.
                          (l) The LfWSEQ Steering Committee can abolish a Subcommittee at any time.
                          (m) Each Subcommittee must cause one of its members to take the minutes of
                              each Subcommittee meeting. After such minutes have been approved by the
                              Subcommittee to which they relate, the Subcommittee will cause them to be
                              presented to the Steering Committee at the next meeting of the Steering
                              Committee together with any recommendations to the Steering Committee.

9. Default & Dispute      (a) If a Core or Affiliate Council:
                              • breaches any obligation pursuant to the ToR which cannot be remedied;
                                   or
                              • breaches any obligation pursuant to the ToR which can be remedied and
                                   the breach is not remedied within 30 days of provision by the Core or
                                   Affiliate Council of a written notice from the LfWSEQ Steering Committee
                                   specifying the breach and action required to remedy,
                              the LfWSEQ Steering Committee can (by unanimous resolution of all
                              Representatives appointed by the Core Councils and entitled to vote
                              excluding the Council in breach) exclude the defaulting Core or Affiliate
                              Council from any further participation pursuant to the ToR.
                          (b) If a defaulting Core or Affiliate Council is excluded from further participation,
                              any Contributions it has paid will not be refunded.
                          (c) Until a defaulting Core or Affiliate Council is excluded:
                              • It will be treated as having a Conflicting Interest concerning its breach, its
                                   exclusion and other consequences of its breach.
                              • It will be treated as having a Conflicting Interest concerning any breach
                                   by any other defaulting Core or Affiliate Council and exclusion or other
                                   consequences of breach by the other defaulting Core or Affiliate Council.
                              • The procedures outlined in the ToR for managing a Conflicting Interest
                                   apply accordingly.
                          (d) If the LfWSEQ Steering Committee becomes deadlocked on any decision,
                              the decision will be referred to appropriate senior managers of the Core
                              Councils for resolution.
                          (e) If any dispute arises between Core or Affiliate Councils concerning the ToR
                              or in connection with LfWSEQ, the dispute will be referred to appropiate
                              senior managers of the relevant Core and Affiliate Councils for resolution.
                              The Councils will use their best endeavours to resolve the dispute promptly
                              and in good faith.
                          (f) An appropiate senior manager of a Core or Affiliate Council is:
                              • Senior to its Representative.
                              • Familiar with LfWSEQ, but not involved in LfWSEQ day-to-day.

10. Expiry & Early       (a) The ToR expires at 5pm on the last day of the Period, unless the LfWSEQ
    Termination              Steering Committee resolves to continue it for a further period.
                         (b) The ToR will automatically terminate on its replacement with a new
                             document or new documents establishing long term arrangements for
                             continuing to deliver LfWSEQ.
                         (c) The ToR can be terminated at any time by written agreement between the
                             Core Councils.

11. Confidentiality      (a) Each Core and Affiliate Council acknowledges the utmost importance of
                             protecting the privacy of LfWSEQ members and their personal information,
                             including complying with the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) and Information Privacy
                             Act 2009 (Qld) (collectively referred to as Privacy Legislation).




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