Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

GENE TECHNOLOGY ACT 2000 - SECT 110

  (1)   The regulations may prescribe matters relating to the members of the Ethics and Community Committee, 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 Ethics and Community Committee, including, but not limited to, the following:

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

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

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

  (d)   Ethics and Community Committee records;

  (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 Ethics and Community Committee must operate in the way determined in writing by the Regulator.

  (4)   If no regulations are in force under subsection   (2) and no determination is in force under subsection   (3), the Ethics and Community Committee may operate in the way determined in writing by the Ethics and Community Committee.

  (5)   A determination made under subsection   (3) or (4) is not a legislative instrument.