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After Part III of the Principal Act the following Part is inserted:

“Part IIIA—Selection and Nomination of Candidates for Appointment to Research and Development Corporation

Minister may request nominations “10A. The Minister shall‑ (a) for the purpose of appointing the members referred to in paragraphs 5(ba) and (bb); and (b) for the purpose of filling a vacancy caused by the resignation of, or termination of the appointment of, any of the members so referred to, by notice in writing given to the Committee, request the Committee to give to the Minister, within such period as is specified in the notice, the names of persons, or the name of a person, as the case requires, considered by the Committee to be suitable for appointment as such members or as such a member. Selection of persons for nomination “10B. (1) A person is not entitled to be nominated by the Committee for appointment as a member of the Research and Development Corporation, being a member referred to in paragraph 5(ba), unless the person possesses qualifications relevant to, or has experience in, one or more of the following fields of activity: (a) live‑stock production; (b) meat production; (c) meatworks operation; (d) meat and live‑stock research and development; (e) marketing; (f) administration of research and development; (g) economics; (h) finance; (j) business management. “(2) In selecting, pursuant to sub‑section (1), persons for nomination for appointment as members of the Research and Development Corporation, the Committee shall choose from the available candidates such persons as will best ensure that the members of the Research and Development Corporation collectively possess qualifications and experience in all the fields of activity referred to in paragraphs (1)(a) to (j) (inclusive). “(3) A person who is or has been a member of the Committee is not eligible for nomination for appointment to the Research and Development Corporation (whether constituted under section 12 or sub‑section 28(5) of the Australian Meat and Live‑stock Research and Development Corporation Act 1985) until a period of 3 years has elapsed after the person ceased or last ceased to be a member. “(4) A person is eligible for nomination for appointment to the Research and Development Corporation notwithstanding that a proposal for the person's nomination has been rejected at a previous meeting of the Committee or that a nomination for the person's appointment to the Research and Development Corporation has previously been rejected by the Minister. Nominations “10C. (1) The Committee shall, by the day specified by the Minister in a notice requesting the nomination of a person or persons for appointment to the Research and Development Corporation, inform the Minister, by notice in writing, of the name or names of the person or persons whom it considers suitable for such appointment. “(2) Subject to sub‑section 10D(1), the Committee shall make only one nomination in respect of each appointment to be made by the Minister. “(3) The notice specifying the name of a person or the names of persons nominated for appointed to the Research and Development Corporation shall be accompanied by‑ (a) a statement in respect of the person, or of each of the persons, so nominated‑ (i) containing details of the person's qualifications or experience in any one or more of the fields of activity referred to in paragraphs 10B(1)(a) to (j) (inclusive); and (ii) containing such other information relating to the person as the Committee thinks appropriate to include so as to assist the Minister in considering whether to appoint the person; and (b) except in the case of an appointment or appointments to the Research and Development Corporation as constituted under sub‑section 28(5) of the Australian Meat and Live‑stock Research and Development Corporation Act 1985 ‑a statement specifying how, in the opinion of the Committee, the nomination or nominations in question will best ensure that the members of the Research and Development Corporation collectively possess qualifications and experience in all of those fields of activity. “(4) If the Minister considers the information contained in a statement required to be given under sub‑section (3) to be inadequate to enable proper consideration of the suitability of a person nominated for appointment, the Minister may, by notice in writing, require the Committee, by such day as is specified in the notice, to provide the Minister with such further information of the kind referred to in the paragraph of sub‑section (3) that relates to that statement as is specified in the notice. Minister may reject nomination “10D. (1) If the Minister is not satisfied as to the suitability of a person nominated for appointment, the Minister may inform the Committee, by notice in writing, that he or she rejects the nomination and may include in that notice a further request for a nomination. “(2) For the purposes of this Act, that further request shall be considered as a request made under and in accordance with section 10A.”.