South Australian Current Acts South Australian Current Acts27—Composition of SAPHC
(1) SAPHC consists
of—
(a) the
Chief Public Health Officer ex officio (who will be the presiding member); and
(b)
9 other members appointed by the Governor on the nomination of the
Minister, of whom—
(i)
2 must have experience in local government selected
by the Minister from a panel of 5 nominated by the LGA; and
(ii)
1 must have qualifications in public health and
experience in the administration of public health at the local government
level selected by the Minister from a panel of 5 nominated by
Environmental Health Australia (South Australia) Incorporated; and
(iii)
2 must be persons nominated by the Minister who have
qualifications in public health; and
(iv)
1 must have experience in the administration of
environment protection laws or strategies or in environmental management,
selected by the Minister from a panel of 5 nominated by the Presiding
Member of the Board of the Environment Protection Authority; and
(v)
1 must be a person nominated by the Minister who has
experience in the field of health promotion; and
(vi)
1 must be a person nominated by the Minister who has
experience in the prevention and control of communicable diseases; and
(vii)
1 must be a person nominated by the Minister who has
experience in non-government community sector activities relevant to public
health.
(2) If the Minister,
by notice in writing, requests a body to make nominations for the purposes of
this section, and the body fails to make the nominations within the time
allowed in the notice, a person may be appointed to SAPHC on the Minister's
nomination and that member will be taken to have been appointed on the
nomination of the body in default.
(3) The Governor may
appoint a suitable person to be the deputy of a member of SAPHC and the deputy
may, in the absence of that member, act as a member of SAPHC.
(4) The provisions of
this section relating to the qualification and nomination of a member extend
to a deputy of that member.