New South Wales Consolidated Acts

DENTAL TECHNICIANS REGISTRATION ACT 1975 - SECT 6

6 Constitution of Dental Technicians Registration Board

(1) There shall be a Dental Technicians Registration Board consisting of 9 members and of those members:

(a) one shall be a person nominated by the Minister, being a person who is not a dental technician or a dentist,

(b) one shall be a dentist nominated by the Dental Board constituted under the Dental Practice Act 2001 ,

(c) one shall be a dentist nominated by the board of control of the United Dental Hospital of Sydney,

(d) one shall be a dental technician nominated by the Dental Technicians’ Association of New South Wales,

(e) one shall be a dental technician nominated by the Australian Commercial Dental Laboratories Association (NSW),

(f) two shall be dental technicians nominated by the Minister,

(g) one shall be an Australian lawyer nominated by the Minister, and

(h) one shall be a dental technician nominated by the Health and Research Employees’ Association of New South Wales.

(1A) The members of the board shall be appointed by the Governor.

(2) The member referred to in subsection (1) (a):

(a) is to be an officer of the Department of Health or an employee of a public health organisation within the meaning of the Health Services Act 1997 , and

(b) is, in and by the relevant instrument of appointment as a member, to be appointed as chairperson of the board.

(2A) The Minister may, from time to time, appoint a member to act in the office of chairperson of the board during the illness or absence of the chairperson, and the member, while so acting, has all the functions of the chairperson and is taken to be the chairperson.

(3) Where a nomination for the purposes of subsection (1) (paragraphs (a), (f) and (g) excepted) or section 8 (1) is not submitted within the time or in the manner specified by the Minister in a notice in writing given to the person entitled to make the nomination, the nomination may be made by the Minister.

(4) A member shall, subject to this Act, hold office for such term, not exceeding 3 years, as is specified in the instrument of the member’s appointment and shall, if otherwise qualified, be eligible for reappointment.

(6) The provisions of the Public Service Act 1902 shall not apply to the appointment of a member and a member shall not, in the member’s capacity as a member, be subject to the provisions of that Act during the member’s term of office.

(7) The office of a member shall not for the purpose of any Act be deemed to be an office or place of profit under the Crown.