Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) The Pesticides
Advisory Committee which was, immediately before the coming into operation of
the Health Amendment Act 1985 1 , appointed by the Minister under
section 241C as section 241C existed immediately before that coming
into operation is hereby preserved and continued in existence under this Act.
(2) The Pesticides
Advisory Committee shall consist of 6 members of whom —
(a) one
shall be the Executive Director, Public Health, or a medical officer nominated
by the Executive Director, Public Health;
(b) one
shall be the chief executive officer of the Chemistry Centre (WA) or an
analyst from the Chemistry Centre (WA) nominated by the chief executive
officer;
(c) one
shall be the chief executive officer of the department principally assisting
in the administration of the Biosecurity and Agriculture Management Act 2007
, or an officer of that department nominated by that chief executive officer;
(d) one
shall be the person who is for the time being holding the office of Secretary
of the Pesticides Advisory Committee under subsection (7);
(e) one
shall be the chief executive officer of the Department within the meaning of
the Environmental Protection Act 1986 or an officer of that department
nominated by the chief executive officer; and
(f) one
shall be the chief executive officer of the department within the meaning of
the Occupational Safety and Health Act 1984 , or an officer of that
department nominated by the chief executive officer,
together with such
person or persons as the regular members may for the time being co-opt to
advise the Pesticides Advisory Committee on the pesticides industry.
(3) The Executive
Director, Public Health, or the medical officer referred to in
subsection (2)(a), as the case requires, shall be the Chairman of the
Pesticides Advisory Committee (in this section called the Chairman ).
(4) The Minister may
appoint a deputy for a regular member and, at any meeting of the Pesticides
Advisory Committee at which the regular member is not present but his deputy
is present, his deputy shall have all the functions of the regular member.
(5) Those members of
the Pesticides Advisory Committee and their deputies who were appointed by the
Minister and who held office immediately before the coming into operation of
the Health Amendment Act 1985 1 shall, subject to this section, continue
in office until the expiry of the respective terms of their appointments.
(6) At any meeting of
the Pesticides Advisory Committee —
(a) the
Chairman, or in his absence, his deputy shall preside, but if neither the
Chairman nor his deputy is present the other regular members present shall
elect one of their number to preside;
(b) each
regular member present and, in relation to matters in respect of which he is
co-opted under subsection (2), each co-opted member present has a
deliberative vote and, in the event of an equality of votes, the person
presiding at that meeting shall also have a second or casting vote; and
(c) any
2 regular members constitute a quorum.
(7) The Minister shall
appoint a person to the office of Secretary of the Pesticides Advisory
Committee, but that office may be held in conjunction with any other office
under Part 3 of the Public Sector Management Act 1994 .
(8) Each member may be
paid such attendance fees as are prescribed in his case.
(9) In this
section —
co-opted member means person co-opted under
subsection (2);
member means regular member or co-opted member;
regular member means person referred to in
subsection (2)(a), (b), (c) or (d).
[Section 246B inserted by No. 26 of 1985
s. 7; amended by No. 32 of 1994 s. 3(2); No. 28 of 1996
s. 13; No. 10 of 2007 s. 43; No. 24 of 2007 s. 10.]