Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

NATIONAL HEALTH ACT 1953 - SECT 101A

             (1)  The Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee:

                     (a)  may establish such sub-committees as it thinks fit to assist it in performing its functions; and

                     (b)  shall, if the Minister so requires in writing, establish a sub-committee to assist the Committee in advising the Minister on a particular matter referred to it by the Minister under subsection 101(3) or (4B).

             (2)  A sub-committee shall consist of the following persons (whether or not members of the Committee):

                     (a)  persons appointed by the Committee as members of the sub-committee;

                     (b)  persons nominated by the Minister as members of the sub-committee.

             (3)  A person shall not be appointed by the Committee, or nominated by the Minister, as a member of a sub-committee unless the person has special qualifications or experience in relation to the matter referred to the sub-committee.

             (4)  For the purposes of section 140, a sub-committee shall be taken to be a committee established under this Act.