Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004

Prohibited and regulated activities - Advisory committee - Establishment, appointments, and functions

33: Number of members and procedure

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"How the advisory committee is set up and runs its meetings"

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The advisory committee has between 8 and 12 members. You can think of it like a team with a specific number of players. The committee can decide how it wants to work, as long as it follows the rules of the Act and any directions from the Minister.

The committee can have visitors at its meetings, like the chairperson of the ethics committee or someone they choose. But these visitors are not part of the committee.

When the committee has a meeting, it makes a plan of what to discuss, called an agenda, and a record of what happened, called minutes. The chairperson must put these on the Internet so everyone can see them.

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32: Advisory committee must be established, or

"The government must create a team to help make decisions about assisted reproduction."

34: Appointment of members, or

"The Minister picks people for a special group to give advice, choosing those with the right skills and views."

Part 2Prohibited and regulated activities
Advisory committee: Establishment, appointments, and functions

33Number of members and procedure

The advisory committee—
consists of not fewer than 8 and not more than 12 members; and
may, subject to this Act and any directions that the Minister gives by written notice to the committee, regulate its procedure in any manner that the committee thinks fit.

Each meeting of the advisory committee may be attended by the chairperson of the ethics committee or a member of the ethics committee nominated by the chairperson of the ethics committee for the meeting, but a person attending under this subsection is not a member of the committee.
Promptly after an agenda for, and the minutes of, a meeting of the advisory committee are sent to the members of the committee, the chairperson of the committee must ensure that the agenda and minutes are published on the Internet.