6National Assessments Board

#### 6 National Assessments Board (1) For the purposes of this Act there shall be a National Assessments Board, which shall consist of the Director‑General and, subject to subsections (2A) and (2B), such other persons as the Minister directs. (2) It is the function of the National Assessments Board to consider national assessments made by the Office. (2A) The membership of the National Assessments Board may be varied by the Director‑General from time to time, but must include: (a) the persons specified in subsection (1); and (b) an officer of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade; and (c) an officer of the Department of Defence; and (d) an officer of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet; and (e) a member of the Defence Force. (2B) The Director‑General is to take reasonable steps to ensure that a meeting of the National Assessments Board includes representatives of departments and agencies appropriate to the subject matter of the national assessment or national assessments under consideration by the Board at that meeting. (3) The Director‑General shall convene meetings of the National Assessments Board. (4) At a meeting of the National Assessments Board, the Director‑General shall preside and the procedure to be followed shall be as directed by him or her.