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194 Membership5
(1) The Committee consists of the following members:6
(a) a representative of the ACIC, who is to be the Chair of the7
Committee;8
(b) a representative of the Australian Federal Police;9
(c) a representative of the police force or police service of each10
State, of the Australian Capital Territory and of the Northern11
Territory;12
(d) a representative of the Department.13
Chair14
(2) The Chair is to be appointed by the Director-General by written15
instrument. The person appointed may be the Director-General.16
Note: The Director-General may revoke an appointment: see17
subsection 33(3) of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901.18
Other Committee members19
(3) A Committee member other than the Chair:20
(a) must be a person who has been nominated, in writing, by the21
head (however described) of the body the person is22
representing; and23
(b) is to be appointed by the Chair, by written instrument,24
following nomination by the relevant body.25
Note: The Chair may revoke an appointment: see subsection 33(3) of the26
Acts Interpretation Act 1901.27
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Substitute members1
(4) If a Committee member is unable to be present at a meeting of the2
Committee, the body the Committee member is representing may3
nominate, in writing, another person to attend the meeting in the4
place of the Committee member.5
Note: The Chair is a Committee member: see the definition of Committee6
member in section 7. This means the ACIC may, under this7
subsection, nominate another person to attend a meeting of the8
Committee in the place of the Chair.9
(5) A person nominated under subsection (4) to attend a meeting of the10
Committee in the place of a Committee member has, and may11
exercise, at that meeting all the rights of that Committee member.12
(6) If the Committee proposes to make a decision without meeting (see13
subsection 203(1)) and a Committee member is unable to indicate14
agreement or disagreement with the proposed decision, the body15
the Committee member is representing may nominate, in writing,16
another person to indicate agreement or disagreement with the17
proposed decision.18
Note: The Chair is a Committee member: see the definition of Committee19
member in section 7. This means the ACIC may, under this20
subsection, nominate another person to indicate agreement or21
disagreement with the proposed decision in the place of the Chair.22
(7) A person nominated under subsection (6) to indicate agreement or23
disagreement with the proposed decision in the place of a24
Committee member has, and may exercise, all the rights of that25
Committee member in relation to that decision.26
Other matters27
(8) The office of a Committee member is not a public office within the28
meaning of the Remuneration Tribunal Act 1973.29