New South Wales Consolidated Acts

OPTICAL DISPENSERS ACT 1963 - SECT 6

6 The board

(1) The board shall consist of seven members who shall be appointed by the Governor.

(2) Of the members so appointed:

(a) one shall be an officer of the Department of Health nominated by the Minister,

(b) one shall be an optical dispenser nominated by the Australian Association of Dispensing Opticians,

(c) one shall be an optical dispenser nominated by The Guild of Dispensing Opticians (Australia) Limited,

(d) one shall be an optical dispenser nominated by the Association of Spectacle Makers Limited,

(e) one shall be a legally qualified medical practitioner who is practising as an ophthalmologist, nominated by the Australian Medical Association (NSW) Limited,

(f) one shall be a registered optometrist nominated by The Board of Optometrical Registration,

(g) one shall be a person nominated by the Minister.

(3) If for any reason any nomination referred to in subsection (2) (b), (c), (d), (e) or (f) is not made the Governor may make the appointment and the person appointed shall be deemed to have been validly nominated.