16DThe Committee's preliminary recommendation

16D The Committee's preliminary recommendation (1) The Committee, after assessing a nomination, must make a preliminary recommendation that the nomination should either be supported, with or without variation, or not be supported. (2) When the Committee has made a preliminary recommendation it must as soon as possible— (a) notify the nominator (other than the Committee) of the nomination; and (b) publish the Committee's preliminary recommendation and the reasons for it on the Internet together with a statement that submissions may be made on the preliminary recommendation to the Committee within 30 days after publication of the preliminary recommendation; and (c) publish a notice of the making of the preliminary recommendation in the Government Gazette that includes a statement that submissions may be made on the preliminary recommendation to the Committee within 30 days after publication of the preliminary recommendation. (3) After publishing a preliminary recommendation the Committee must allow 30 days to elapse for public comment to be made on the preliminary recommendation. S. 16E inserted by No. 28/2019 s. 11.