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Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004

Prohibited and regulated activities - Activities requiring approval of ethics committee - Presentation and publication requirements

31: Information about ethics committee must be made public

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"The government must tell everyone who is on the ethics committee that helps make big decisions."

Illustration for Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004

When the Minister makes a certain decision, they must tell the House of Representatives about it as soon as possible. The Minister has to do this when they choose an ethics committee, as stated in section 27, or when they give a job to an ethics committee, as stated in section 28(1)(e). You can find out who is on the ethics committee by reading the Ministry of Health's annual report, which includes the name of the chairperson and the names of the members. The Ministry of Health must include this information in their annual report every year. This helps make sure you can access information about the ethics committee.

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Part 2Prohibited and regulated activities
Activities requiring approval of ethics committee: Presentation and publication requirements

31Information about ethics committee must be made public

  1. As soon as practicable after giving a notice of the kind specified in subsection (2), the Minister must present a copy of the notice to the House of Representatives.

  2. The kinds of notice are as follows:

  3. a notice designating the ethics committee under section 27:
    1. a notice assigning a function to an ethics committee under section 28(1)(e).

      1. In every annual report of the Ministry of Health, the Ministry must publish—

      2. the name of the chairperson of the ethics committee; and
        1. the names of the members of the ethics committee.