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GENE TECHNOLOGY ACT 2000 - SECT 115

Members and procedures
(1)
The regulations may prescribe matters relating to the members of the Ethics Committee and expert advisers, including, but not limited to, the following:

(a)
term of appointment;

(b)
resignation;

(c)
disclosure of interests;

(d)
termination of appointment;

(e)
leave of absence.

(2)
The regulations may prescribe matters relating to the operation of the Ethics Committee, including, but not limited to:

(a)
procedures for convening meetings of the Committee; and

(b)
the constitution of a quorum for a meeting of the Committee; and

(c)
the way in which matters are to be resolved by the Committee; and

(d)
Committee records; and

(e)
reporting requirements, including but not limited to reports to the Regulator and to the public.

(3)
If no regulations are in force under subsection (2), the Ethics Committee must operate in the way determined by the Regulator in writing.

(4)
If no regulations are in force under subsection (2) and no determination is in force under subsection (3), the Ethics Committee may operate in the way it determines.



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