Victorian Consolidated Regulations Victorian Consolidated Regulations(1) A person (other than a person referred to in subregulation (2)) is eligible to be appointed as a member, if—
(a) the Minister is satisfied that the person is able to make an informed and independent assessment of the matters to be considered by the advisory committee; and
(b) the person meets at least one of the following requirements—
(i) has significant and substantial expertise and experience in firefighting, fire response, fire management or another relevant field;
(ii) has significant and substantial expertise and experience relevant to the scientific research of the relationship between firefighters' occupational exposure and cancers;
(iii) is an Australian lawyer.
(2) A person is not eligible to be appointed as a member if the person is—
(a) engaged in any paid employment, is a volunteer or holds a position with—
(i) a fire services agency; or
(ii) an industrial body that is responsible for an enterprise agreement that applies to a fire services agency; or
(iii) the Volunteer Fire Brigades Victoria Incorporated; or
(iv) the Victorian Volunteer Firefighters Association; or
(b) an insolvent under administration; or
(c) convicted of an indictable offence, or an offence that, if committed in Victoria, would be an indictable offence.