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(1)  Subject to and in accordance with the State Service Act 2000 , a person may be appointed or employed for the purposes of enabling a Tasmanian national preventive mechanism to exercise his or her functions under this Act.

(2)  A Tasmanian national preventive mechanism may make arrangements with the Secretary of a department for State Service officers and State Service employees employed in the department to be made available to enable a Tasmanian national preventive mechanism to exercise his or her functions under this Act.

(3)  A State Service officer or State Service employee made available under subsection (2) may serve a Tasmanian national preventive mechanism in any capacity in conjunction with State Service employment.

(4)  In appointing or employing staff, or making arrangements for staff to be made available under this section, a Tasmanian national preventive mechanism is to take into consideration –

(a) whether the staff have the required capabilities and professional knowledge required to undertake their duties; and

(b) whether the staff adequately represent a balance of gender, and of people identifying as belonging to diverse groups, including the following groups:

(i) cultural and ethnic groups, including people who identify as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander;

(ii) people living with disability; and

(c) whether the staff have a conflict of interest in relation to the purposes of this Act.

(5)  If a person ceases to be staff of a Tasmanian national preventive mechanism, the Tasmanian national preventive mechanism is to notify the Secretary of that cessation within 30 days after its occurrence.