Victorian Current Acts Victorian Current Acts(1) The functions of the Review Panel are—
(a) to consider, and report to the Minister, whether, in the preparation of recommendations or reports to the Minister by a relevant entity with respect to the regulatory review—
(i) all parties interested in a relevant activity have been treated impartially and have been given the same opportunity to access information and advice in relation to the review process; and
(ii) information received from parties referred to in subparagraph (i) has been managed to ensure the security and confidentiality of intellectual property and proprietary information; and
(iii) every relevant entity involved in the regulatory review has been required to declare any actual or perceived conflict of interest before participating in the regulatory review; and
(iv) any conflict of interest referred to in subparagraph (iii) has been appropriately addressed; and
(v) there has been any improper interference with the making of a recommendation or report; and
(vi) the preparation of a recommendation or report discloses bias or anything that could lead to a reasonable apprehension of bias;
(b) to consider, and report to the Minister, whether, in the preparation of recommendations or reports to the Minister by a relevant entity with respect to the authorisation and licensing process—
(i) all registrants (if applicable) and applicants for an authorisation or a licence have been treated equally and impartially and have been given the same opportunity to access information and advice about the authorisation and licensing process; and
(ii) all protected information has been managed to ensure its security and confidentiality; and
(iii) all registrants and applicants referred to in subparagraph (i) have been evaluated in a systematic manner against explicit predetermined evaluation criteria; and
(iv) every relevant entity involved in the authorisation and licensing process has been required to declare any actual or perceived conflict of interest before participating in the process; and
(v) any conflict of interest referred to in subparagraph (iv) has been appropriately addressed; and
(vi) there has been any improper interference with the making of a recommendation or report; and
(vii) the preparation of a recommendation or report discloses bias or anything that could lead to a reasonable apprehension of bias;
(c) to consider, and report to the Minister on, any other matter referred to the Review Panel under subsection (2);
(d) to report to the Minister on request under section 10.2A.12(2).
(2) On the recommendation of the Minister, the Governor in Council, by Order published in the Government Gazette, may refer any matter to the Review Panel for consideration and report to the Minister.
(3) The Review Panel has all the powers necessary to perform its functions.
S. 10.2A.3 (4)(5) repealed by No. 28/2022 s. 111.
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Division 3—Membership of Review Panel
S. 10.2A.4 inserted by No. 11/2007 s. 3.