Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) The Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee:
(a) may establish such sub - committees as it thinks fit to assist it in performing its functions; and
(b) shall, if the Minister so requires in writing, establish a sub - committee to assist the Committee in advising the Minister on a particular matter referred to it by the Minister under subsection 101(3) or (4B).
(2) A sub - committee shall consist of the following persons (whether or not members of the Committee):
(a) persons appointed by the Committee as members of the sub - committee;
(b) persons nominated by the Minister as members of the sub - committee.
(3) A person shall not be appointed by the Committee, or nominated by the Minister, as a member of a sub - committee unless the person has special qualifications or experience in relation to the matter referred to the sub - committee.
(4) For the purposes of section 140, a sub - committee shall be taken to be a committee established under this Act.