101ASub‑committees of the Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee

#### 101A Sub‑committees of the Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee (1) The Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee: (a) may establish such sub‑committees as it thinks fit to assist it in performing its functions; and (b) shall, if the Minister so requires in writing, establish a sub‑committee to assist the Committee in advising the Minister on a particular matter referred to it by the Minister under subsection 101(3) or (4B). (2) A sub‑committee shall consist of the following persons (whether or not members of the Committee): (a) persons appointed by the Committee as members of the sub‑committee; (b) persons nominated by the Minister as members of the sub‑committee. (3) A person shall not be appointed by the Committee, or nominated by the Minister, as a member of a sub‑committee unless the person has special qualifications or experience in relation to the matter referred to the sub‑committee. (4) For the purposes of section 140, a sub‑committee shall be taken to be a committee established under this Act.