New South Wales Consolidated Acts

NEW SOUTH WALES INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY ACT 1964 - SECT 5

5 Members of the Institute

(1) The Institute is to consist of:

(a) the Director of the Institute, and

(b) 10 members who are to be appointed by the Minister.

(2) Of the members appointed by the Minister:

(a) 3 are to be:

(i) a person appointed, in and by the person’s instrument of appointment, as the chairperson of the Institute, and

(ii) a member of the business community, and

(iii) a person who, in the opinion of the Minister, has a demonstrated interest in mental health, appointed to represent consumer interests, and

(b) 6 are to be:

(i) a psychiatrist selected from a panel of 3 persons nominated by the NSW Branch of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists, and

(ii) a health professional engaged in mental health services work selected from 2 nominees from each of the NSW Branch of the Australian Psychological Society, the NSW Branch of the Australian Association of Social Workers, and the Australian Association of Occupational Therapists, and

(iii) a mental health nurse nominated by the Australian and New Zealand College of Mental Health Nurses, and

(iv) 3 academic psychiatrists selected from a panel of persons consisting of up to 2 nominees each of the University of Newcastle, the University of New South Wales and the University of Sydney, and

(c) 1 is to be a senior officer of the Department of Health, a senior employee of a statutory health corporation constituted under the Health Services Act 1997 or a member of the Health Executive Service within the meaning of that Act.

(3) The academic psychiatrists selected under subsection (2) (b) (iv) are to be from different universities.

(4) If, for the purposes of this section, a nomination of a person for appointment as a member, or a panel of such persons, is not made within the time or in the manner specified by the Minister in a notice in writing given to the body entitled to make the nomination, the Minister may appoint any person to be a member instead of the person required to be appointed on that nomination or from that panel.

(5) A person is not eligible to be appointed as chairperson if the person is employed by, or is a member of the governing body of, any of the bodies referred to in subsection (2) (b).