13Consultation about guidelines

13 Consultation about guidelines

Before: (a) the Council provides guidelines (other than human research guidelines) to the CEO for the purposes of subsection 9(1); or (b) the Australian Health Ethics Committee provides human research guidelines to the Council for the purposes of subsection 10(2); the Council or Committee must: (c) prepare a draft of the guidelines; and (d) publish a notice on the NHMRC’s website: (i) containing a summary of the draft guidelines; and (ii) stating where copies of the draft guidelines can be obtained; and (iii) inviting persons or bodies to make submissions relating to the draft guidelines in accordance with the procedures, and within the period, specified in the notice; and (iv) including the information prescribed by the regulations; and (e) have regard to any submissions received as a result of the invitation referred to in subparagraph (d)(iii).

Note: This section does not apply if the guidelines are urgent or of minor significance: see subsections 14(3) and (5) and section 14B.