PART III
              LAND TRANSPORT SAFETY AUTHORITY OF NEW ZEALAND

   15. Land Transport Safety Authority of New Zealand established---(1)
 There is hereby established an authority to be known as the Land
 Transport Safety Authority of New Zealand.

   (2) The Authority shall consist of 5 members who shall be New Zealand
 citizens or permanent residents of New Zealand.

   (3) The members of the Authority shall be appointed by the
 Governor-General on the recommendation of the Minister.

   (4) The Minister shall recommend for appointment as members  persons
 who the Minister considers will represent the public interest in land
 transport matters.

   (5) Before making any recommendation in respect of 2 of the members,
 the Minister shall request, from such organisation or organisations as
 the Minister considers represent those who have a substantial interest
 in the land transport industry in New Zealand, the names of persons such
 organisation or organisations consider proper candidates for appointment
 to the Authority.

   (6) A failure to comply with subsection (5) of this section in respect
 of the appointment of any member shall not affect the validity of that
 appointment.

   (7) A person may hold office as a member concurrently with any other
 office, except any office or appointment under the Transport Accident
 Investigation Commission Act 1990.

   (8) Neither the Director nor any other employee of the Authority may
 be a member of the Authority.

   (9) The Authority shall be a body corporate owned by the Crown with
 perpetual succession, but shall not have a common seal.

   (10) The Authority is hereby deemed to be a Crown entity for the
 purposes of the Public Finance Act 1989.

   (11) The provisions of the First Schedule to this Act shall apply in
 relation to the Authority.