Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations(1) Each member of a Committee must be a vocationally registered general practitioner or Fellow of the RACGP.
(1A) The members of the Vocational Registration Appeal Committee in office immediately before the commencement of this subregulation are taken to have been appointed to the Appeal Committee for the balance of their terms of office.
(2) One of the members may be appointed by the Minister, in writing, and the other members are to be appointed in accordance with subregulations (5) and (6).
(3) The Minister in writing is to request the RACGP and the Australian Medical Association each to nominate a panel of not less than 5 persons for consideration for appointment to the Committee.
(4) A nomination under subregulation (3) must be made within the period, of not less than 14 days, specified in the Minister’s request.
(5) The Minister in writing may appoint to the Committee 2 persons from each panel where the panel is nominated within the period specified by the Minister.
(6) The Minister may appoint a person to a Committee if:
(a) a panel is not nominated within that period; or
(b) the Minister does not wish to appoint a person from the nominated panel.
(7) A member appointed under this regulation holds office for the period, not exceeding 3 years, mentioned in the appointment.