Commonwealth Numbered Acts

PRIMARY INDUSTRIES AND ENERGY LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT (No. 3) 1989 No. 16, 1990 - SECT 20

20. After Division 6 of Part VI of the Principal Act the following Division is
inserted:

"Division 6A - Nomination and selection process for
membership of Research Council Minister must request nomination for membership

"109A. The Minister must:

   (a)  for the purpose of appointing the prescribed Council members; or

   (b)  for the purpose of filling a vacancy caused by a person ceasing to be
        a prescribed Council member; by written notice given to the Presiding
        Member, request the Presiding Member to establish a Selection
        Committee so that the Committee can give the Minister, within the
        period specified in the notice, the name of a person, or the names of
        persons, as the case requires, whom the Committee thinks suitable for
        appointment. Selection Committee

"109B. (1) Where the Presiding Member receives a request under section 109A,
the Presiding Member must:

   (a)  establish an Australian Wool Industry Selection Committee for the
        purpose of nominating a person or persons in accordance with the
        request; and

   (b)  give the Wool Council a written notice asking it to nominate to the
        Minister persons for appointment to the Selection Committee.

"(2) The function of the Selection Committee is to nominate a person or
persons for appointment to the Research Council in response to the request
under section 109A.

"(3) The Selection Committee has power to do all things that are necessary or
convenient to be done in connection with the performance of its function.

"(4) The Selection Committee consists of:

   (a)  the Presiding Member; and

   (b)  not fewer than 3 nor more than 6 other members appointed by the
        Minister on the nomination of the Wool Council.

"(5) If the Minister is not satisfied that a person nominated by the Wool
Council for appointment to the Selection Committee is suitable for that
appointment, the Minister may reject the nomination and ask the Wool Council
to make a further nomination. Nominations for Research Council

"109C. (1) The Selection Committee must, within the period specified by the
Minister in the notice under section 109A, inform the Minister in writing of
the person whom it thinks suitable for appointment.

"(2) Without limiting subsection 109B (3), the Selection Committee:

   (a)  must invite the Wool Council and the Corporation to give the Selection
        Committee the names of persons whom the Council or the Corporation, as
        the case may be, thinks suitable for appointment; and

   (b)  may, by advertisement in a newspaper circulating throughout Australia,
        invite applications for nomination for appointment.

"(3) The Selection Committee must make only one nomination in respect of each
appointment to be made by the Minister.

"(4) Subject to section 109D, where:

   (a)  7 prescribed Council members are to be appointed; and

   (b)  the Corporation has given the Selection Committee the names of one or
        more persons in response to an invitation under paragraph (2) (a); the
        Selection Committee must nominate that person, or at least one, but
        not more than 3, of those persons, as the case may be, for
        appointment.

"(5) The information given to the Minister under subsection (1) must include:

   (a)  a statement containing, in respect of each person nominated:

        (i)    details of the person's qualifications and experience; and

        (ii)   such other information relating to the person as the Committee
               thinks appropriate to include to help the Minister to decide
               whether to appoint the person; and

   (b)  a statement specifying how, in the opinion of the Committee, the
        nomination or nominations will best ensure that the members
        collectively possess qualifications and experience in the fields of
        activity mentioned in subsection 109D (1).

"(6) If the Minister considers the information contained in a statement is
inadequate, the Minister may, by written notice, require the Committee to
provide the Minister, by the day specified in the notice, with such further
information of the kind mentioned in paragraph (5) (a) or (b) as the Minister
specifies. Selection of nominees for Research Council

"109D. (1) The Selection Committee must not nominate a person unless the
person has qualifications relevant to, or has experience in, one or more of
the following fields of activity:

   (a)  wool growing or harvesting;

   (b)  wool processing, including the manufacture of wool products;

   (c)  wool research and development or other research and development;

   (d)  the administration or management of wool research and development or
        other research and development;

   (e)  marketing of wool or other commodities;

   (f)  economics;

   (g)  transport, storage or distribution;

   (h)  finance;

   (j)  science or technology, including technology transfer;

   (k)  business management.

"(2) In selecting persons for nomination, the Selection Committee must choose
from the available candidates persons who will best ensure that the Council
members collectively possess qualifications and experience in the fields of
activity referred to in subsection (1).

"(3) The Presiding Member must consult the Council Chairperson on the skills
and qualities of members that should be reflected in the membership of the
Research Council.

"(4) A person who is, or who has at any time been, a member of a particular
Selection Committee must not be nominated by that Selection Committee   "(5) A
person may be nominated by a Selection Committee even though a proposal for
the person's nomination has been rejected at a previous meeting of the
Committee or a nomination for the person's appointment to the Research Council
has previously been rejected by the Minister. Minister may reject nomination

"109E. (1) If the Minister is not satisfied that a person nominated for
appointment is suitable, the Minister may, by written notice given to the
Selection Committee, reject the nomination and request the Committee to make a
further nomination within the period specified in the notice.

"(2) For the purposes of section 109B, the further request is to be taken to
be a notice under section 109A, and the period specified in the notice is to
be taken to be the period specified in a notice under section 109A. Abolition
of Selection Committee

"109F. Where:

   (a)  the Minister has appointed to the Research Council a person nominated
        by the Selection Committee; and

   (b)  the Committee has not made any nominations for appointment that have
        yet to be accepted or rejected by the Minister; and

   (c)  there are no outstanding matters in a request by the Minister under
        section 109A or 109E that are still to be dealt with by the Committee;
        the Committee is abolished by force of this section. Selection
        Committee procedures etc.

"109G. Sections 34, 35 and 36 apply to a Selection Committee established under
section 109b in the same way as they apply to a Selection Committee
established under section 29.".