Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts(1) The Minister must consult the advisory committee on the appropriate criteria, and must attempt to agree with the committee on a set of criteria.
(2) If a set of criteria is agreed, the Minister must approve them.
(3) If agreement is not possible—
(a) the advisory committee must set out its preferred criteria (alternative criteria); and
(b) the Minister must approve a set of criteria and a statement of the reasons why they are approved instead of the alternative criteria (Minister's reasons).
(4) The Minister must present a copy of the approved criteria, together with any alternative criteria and Minister's reasons, to the Legislative Assembly within 3 sitting days after the approval.
(5) In this section:
"criteria" means criteria by which the scientific trial of the effects of giving drug-dependent people a place to self-administer a substance is to be assessed.