15. Amendment to Fifth Schedule to Act of 1990.
The Fifth Schedule to the Act of 1990 is amended by substituting the following subparagraph for subparagraph (4) of paragraph 2:
(a) Subject to clause (b), the independent member of a committee shall hold office for such period, not exceeding 5 years from the date of his or her appointment, as the Minister shall determine.
(b) Every person who, immediately before the commencement of section 15 of the Industrial Relations (Amendment) Act 2012, was an independent member of a committee shall cease to hold office as such independent member on that date.
(c) Where the term of office of an independent member of a committee expires under clause (b) or by the effluxion of time he or she shall be eligible for reappointment to that office.".