Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) A Committee established under subsection 124E(1) or (3) consists of the following members:
(a) the Chairperson;
(b) subject to subsections (6), (7) and (8) and section 124EB, one person selected by the Chairperson from a list submitted under subsection (2);
(c) subject to subsection (8) and section 124EB, one person selected by the Chairperson from persons nominated under subsection (3).
(2) A professional organisation may submit to the Minister a list of names of persons nominated for the purposes of paragraph (1)(b).
(3) The Minister may nominate persons for the purposes of paragraph (1)(c).
(4) The nomination of a person under subsection (2) or (3) may be revoked at any time:
(a) by the person nominated--by writing signed by that person and delivered to the Minister; or
(b) by the Minister--by writing signed by the Minister and delivered to the person.
(5) The Minister must keep each Chairperson informed in writing:
(a) of the persons nominated under subsections (2) and (3); and
(b) of any revocation of a nomination under subsection (4).
(6) Where no person is available for a Chairperson to select under paragraph (1)(b) in constituting a Committee, the Minister must, in place of each person to be so selected, appoint to the Committee a person whom the Minister considers to be the most appropriate person to be appointed to the Committee.
(7) For the purposes of this Part, a person appointed under subsection (6) is taken to have been selected in accordance with paragraph (1)(b).
(8) Where a member of a Committee selected under paragraph (1)(b) or (c) has a direct or indirect interest (whether pecuniary or otherwise) in a matter that is, or is about to be, the subject of proceedings before the Committee:
(a) the member must immediately inform the Chairperson of that interest; and
(b) the member is taken to be disqualified from membership of the Committee; and
(c) another selection is to be made under paragraph (1)(b) or (c), as the case requires.