Rural Research and Development Legislation Amendment Act 2013 (146 of 2013)

Schedule 6   Selection committees

Primary Industries and Energy Research and Development Act 1989

7   Subsections 125(2), (3) and (4)

Repeal the subsections, substitute:

(2) If a request is made under subsection 123(1) to the Presiding Member of the Selection Committee for the R&D Corporation:

(a) if there is no Selection Committee for the R&D Corporation - the Presiding Member must establish the Selection Committee for the purpose of nominating persons for appointment to the Corporation; and

(b) the Minister may appoint up to 4 persons as members of that Committee for the purposes of this paragraph; and

(c) the Minister must inform the Presiding Member of any such appointment.

(3) If the Minister has not appointed 4 persons under paragraph (2)(b), the Minister may request the Presiding Member to nominate to the Minister persons for appointment to the Selection Committee.

(4) The Selection Committee so established consists of the following members:

(a) the Presiding Member;

(b) up to 4 other members, being:

(i) the members (if any) appointed by the Minister under paragraph (2)(b); and

(ii) such other members appointed by the Minister on the nomination of the Presiding Member.

(4A) For the purposes of nominating persons for appointment to the Selection Committee, the Presiding Member must:

(a) consult with each of the Corporation’s representative organisations; and

(b) have regard to the desirability of reflecting diversity, including a diversity of expertise, experience and gender, among the nominees.