Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

GENE TECHNOLOGY ACT 2000 - SECT 104

  (1)   The regulations may prescribe matters relating to the members of the Gene Technology Technical Advisory Committee and expert advisers, including, but not limited to, the following:

  (a)   term of appointment;

  (b)   resignation;

  (c)   disclosure of interests;

  (d)   termination of appointment;

  (e)   leave of absence.

  (2)   The regulations may prescribe matters relating to the operation of the Gene Technology Technical Advisory Committee, including, but not limited to:

  (a)   procedures for convening meetings of the Committee; and

  (b)   the constitution of a quorum for a meeting of the Committee; and

  (c)   the way in which matters are to be resolved by the Committee; and

  (d)   Committee records; and

  (e)   reporting requirements, including, but not limited to, reports to the Regulator and to the public.

  (3)   If no regulations are in force under subsection   ( 2), the Committee must operate in the way determined by the Regulator in writing.

  (4)   If no regulations are in force under subsection   ( 2) and no determination is in force under subsection   ( 3), the Committee may operate in the way it determines.