National Health and Medical Research Council Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

Statutory Rules 1993

No. 239 1

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National Health and Medical Research Council Regulations 2(Amendment)

I, The ADMINISTRATOR of the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulations under the National Health and Medical Research Council Act 1992.

Dated 2 September 1993.

 P. BENNETT

 Administrator

By His Excellency’s Command,

GRAHAM RICHARDSON

Minister for Health

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1.   Amendment

1.1   The National Health and Medical Research Council Regulations are amended as set out in these Regulations.

[NOTE:

 These Regulations commence on gazettal: see Acts Interpretation Act 1901, s. 48.]

2.    Regulation 2 (Interpretation)

2.1   Subregulation 2 (2):

Omit “the Schedule.”, substitute “Schedule 1.”.

3.   Regulation 3 (Notices under sections 12, 13 and 14 of the Act)

3.1   Paragraphs 3 (1) (a), 2 (a), 3 (a), 4 (a) and 5 (a):

Omit “is to”, substitute “must”.

4. New

regulations 4 and 5

4.1   After regulation 3, insert:

Appointment of members of Council from prescribed bodies

“4.

For the purposes of subsection 21 (3) of the Act, the bodies mentioned in Column 3 of an item in Schedule 2 are prescribed as bodies of the kind mentioned in Column 2 of that item and referred to in the paragraph of the Act mentioned in Column 2 of that item.

Appointment of members of the Australian Health Ethics Committee from prescribed bodies

“5.

For the purposes of subsection 36 (6) of the Act, the bodies mentioned in Column 3 of an item in Schedule 3 are prescribed as bodies of the kind mentioned in Column 2 of that item and referred to in the paragraph of the Act mentioned in Column 2 of that item.”.

5.   Schedule (Forms)

5.1   Heading:

Omit:

 “SCHEDULE Regulation 3”

substitute:

 “SCHEDULES

 “SCHEDULE 1 Regulation 3”

6.   New Schedules 2 and 3

6.1   After the Schedule, add:

SCHEDULE 2

Regulation 4

PRESCRIBED BODIES WHO MAY NOMINATE PERSONS TO BE APPOINTED AS MEMBERS OF COUNCIL

(The paragraphs mentioned in Column 2 are the paragraphs

of the Act referring to the relevant bodies)

Column 1 Item No.	Column 2 Category of body	Column 3 Prescribed body
1.	Peak tertiary education bodies (paragraph 21 (3) (a))	Australian Vice-Chancellors’ Committee
2.	Bodies responsible for maintaining professional medical standards (paragraph 21 (3) (b))	(a) Australian Medical Council; (b) The Committee of  Presidents of  Medical Colleges
3.	Bodies representing the medical profession (paragraph 21 (3) (c))	(a) The Australian Medical  Association Ltd; (b) The Committee of  Presidents of  Medical Colleges
4.	Bodies representing the nursing profession (paragraph 21 (3) d))	(a) Australian Nursing  Federation; (b) Royal College of  Nursing, Australia

SCHEDULE 2—continued

Column 1 Item No.	Column 2 Category of body	Column 3 Prescribed body
5.	Learned academies (paragraph 21 (3) (e))	(a) Academy of the Social  Sciences in Australia; (b) Australian Academy of  Science; (c) Australian Academy of  Technological Sciences  and Engineering; (d) Australian Academy of  the Humanities
6.	Peak trade union bodies (paragraph 21 (3) (f))	Australian Council of Trade Unions
7.	Peak business organisations (paragraph 21 (3) (g))	(a) Australian Chamber of  Commerce and Industry; (b) Business Council of  Australia
8.	Peak consumer organisations (paragraph 21 (3) (h))	(a) The Australian Federation of Consumer Organizations Inc.; (b) Consumers’ Health Forum of Australia Inc.
9.	Peak social welfare organisations (paragraph 21 (3) (i))	Australian Council of Social Service Inc.

SCHEDULE 2—continued

Column 1 Item No.	Column 2 Category of body	Column 3 Prescribed body
10.	Peak environmental organisations (paragraph 21 (3) (j))	The Australian Conservation Foundation Inc.
11.	Peak broad public health organisations (paragraph 21 (3) (k))	Public Health Association of Australia Inc.

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SCHEDULE 3

Regulation 5

PRESCRIBED BODIES WHO MAY NOMINATE PERSONS TO BE APPOINTED AS MEMBERS OF THE AUSTRALIAN HEALTH ETHICS COMMITTEE

(The paragraphs mentioned in Column 2 are the paragraphs

of the Act referring to the relevant bodies)

Column 1 Item No.	Column 2 Category of body	Column 3 Prescribed body
1.	Bodies representing the legal profession (paragraph 36 (6) (a))	Law Council of Australia
2.	Learned academics* (paragraph 36 (6) (b))	(a) Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia; (b) Australian Academy of Science; (c) Australian Academy of the Humanities

[* ‘Academics’: This is the term used in paragraph 36 (6) (b) of the Act.]

SCHEDULE 3—continued

Column 1 Item No.	Column 2 Category of body	Column 3 Prescribed body
3.	Peak religious bodies (paragraph 36 (6) (c))	(a) Australian Catholic  Bishops Conference; (b) Australian Council of  Churches; (c) Australian Federation  of Islamic Councils Inc.; (d) Jewish Board of Deputies
4.	Peak public health bodies (paragraph 36 (6) (d))	Public Health Association of Australia Inc.
5.	Bodies representing the medical profession (paragraph 36 (6) (e))	(a) The Australian Medical  Association Ltd; (b) The Committee of Presidents of Medical Colleges
6.	Bodies representing the nursing and allied health professions (paragraph 36 (6) (f))	(a) Australian Nursing  Federation; (b) Australian Council of  Deans of Health  Sciences; (c) Royal College of Nursing, Australia

SCHEDULE 3—continued

Column 1 Item No. Column 2 Category of body Column 3 Prescribed body

7.	Bodies responsible for maintaining professional medical standards (paragraph 36 (6) (g))	(a) Australian Medical  Council; (b) The Committee of  Presidents of Medical Colleges
8.	Peak consumer organisations (paragraph 36 (6) (h))	Consumers’ Health Forum of Australia Inc.
9.	Peak bodies representing people with a disability (paragraph 36 (6) (i))	(a) Disabled Peoples  International (Australia) Limited; (b) National Council on  Intellectual Disability Inc.

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NOTES

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 9 September 1993.

2. Statutory Rules 1993 No. 198.