5Membership of Council

5 Membership of Council

(1)  *[Section 5 Subsection (1) amended by No. 100 of 1995, s. 97 and Sched. 7 ]*The Council consists of not less than 8 and not more than 10 members of whom –

(a) two are to be persons nominated by the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Tasmania; and

(b) one is to be a person who is –

(i) employed in the delivery of neonatal services at the Royal Hobart Hospital; and

(ii) nominated by the Secretary; and

(c) one is to be a person who is –

(i) employed in the Department; and

(ii) nominated by the Secretary; and

(d) [Section 5 Subsection (1) amended by S.R. 2011, No. 47, Applied:08 Jun 2011] one is to be a member of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists nominated by the Tasmanian Branch of that College; and

(e) [Section 5 Subsection (1) amended by S.R. 2011, No. 47, Applied:08 Jun 2011] one is to be a member of the Paediatrics and Child Health Division of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians nominated by the Tasmanian State Committee of that Division; and

(f) one is to be a member of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners nominated by the Tasmanian Branch of that College; and

(g) [Section 5 Subsection (1) amended by No. 3 of 2010, Sched. 1, Applied:01 Jul 2010] one is to be a midwife who is nominated by the Tasmanian Branch of the Australian College of Midwives Incorporated.

(2)  The members of the Council specified in subsection (1) (a) to (g) (inclusive) are appointed by the Minister.

(3)  In addition to the members of the Council specified in subsection (1) to (inclusive), the Minister may appoint not more than 2 other members of the Council nominated by a majority of those members.