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1.3    Deputy Members of the Authority

The Seafarers Act provides for employer and employee members of the Authority, with the approval of the Minister, to appoint a person to be the deputy of that member. At 30 June 2003, the following employer and employee members had, with the approval of the Minister, appointed a deputy member:

• Mr Paddy Crumlin appointed
  Mr Mick Doleman.
   

• Capt Warwick Norman appointed
  Mr Trevor Griffett.
   

• Mr Mal Hearnden appointed
  Mr John Flood.
   

• Mr Martin Byrne appointed
  Mr John Wydell.

The Chief Executive Officer of AMSA may appoint a person who is an officer or employee of AMSA to be his or her deputy. Mr Clive Davidson appointed Mr Bob Evans to act as his deputy on one occasion during 2002–03.

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1.4    Recent Membership Changes

Mr Noel Swails was appointed as Deputy Chairperson of the Authority on 23 October 2002 to replace Mr John Rowling, who resigned from the Authority on 30 September 2002. This change in appointment reflected the transfer of support for the Authority from the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations (DEWR) to Comcare.

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1.5    Meeting Attendance

The Seacare Authority met five times during 2002–03. Four of those meetings were scheduled meetings as required by the Seafarers Act, while one was a special meeting conducted by teleconference to deal with a particular issue. The following table outlines attendance at those meetings:

Table 1: Seacare Authority members/deputies meeting attendance 2002-03

– attended meeting in full capacity

x – did not attend the meeting

ob – attended meeting as an observer

NA – not applicable (no appointment)

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1.6 Seacare Authority sub-committees

During 2002–03 there were three Authority sub-committees. These were as follows:

Standards Task Force

Safety Performance Indicators for the Shipping Industry Committee (SPISIC)

Sea Safe-Work Awards Judging Panel

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