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GENE TECHNOLOGY ACT 2000 - SECT 118

Appointment of the Regulator

  (1)   The Regulator is to be appointed by the Governor - General by written instrument.

  (2)   The Regulator holds office for the period specified in the instrument of appointment. The period specified must not be less than 3 years or more than 5 years.

  (3)   The Regulator holds office on a full - time basis.

  (4)   The Governor - General must not appoint a person as the Regulator unless a majority of jurisdictions agree to the appointment.

  (5)   The Governor - General must not appoint a person as the Regulator if, at any time during the period of 2 years immediately before the proposed period of appointment, the person was employed by a body corporate whose primary commercial activity relates directly to the development and implementation of gene technologies.

  (6)   The Governor - General must not appoint a person as the Regulator if the person has a pecuniary interest in a body corporate whose primary commercial activity relates directly to the development and implementation of gene technologies.



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