Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

NATIONAL HEALTH AND MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL ACT 1992 - SECT 13

    Before:

  (a)   the Council provides guidelines (other than human research guidelines) to the CEO for the purposes of subsection   9(1); or

  (b)   the Australian Health Ethics Committee provides human research guidelines to the Council for the purposes of subsection   10(2);

the Council or Committee must:

  (c)   prepare a draft of the guidelines; and

  (d)   publish a notice on the NHMRC's website:

  (i)   containing a summary of the draft guidelines; and

  (ii)   stating where copies of the draft guidelines can be obtained; and

  (iii)   inviting persons or bodies to make submissions relating to the draft guidelines in accordance with the procedures, and within the period, specified in the notice; and

  (iv)   including the information prescribed by the regulations; and

  (e)   have regard to any submissions received as a result of the invitation referred to in subparagraph   (d)(iii).

Note:   This section does not apply if the guidelines are urgent or of minor significance: see subsections   14(3) and (5) and section   14B.