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PRIVACY AND PERSONAL INFORMATION PROTECTION ACT 1998 - SCHEDULE 2

PRIVACY AND PERSONAL INFORMATION PROTECTION ACT 1998 - SCHEDULE 2

SCHEDULE 2 – Provisions relating to members and procedure of Information and Privacy Advisory Committee

(Section 60 (4))

1 Definition

In this Schedule--


"member" means a member of the Information and Privacy Advisory Committee other than the Information Commissioner or the Privacy Commissioner.

2 Deputies of members

(1) The Minister may, from time to time, appoint a person to be the deputy of a member, and the Minister may revoke any such appointment.
(3) In the absence of a member, the member's deputy--
(a) may, if available, act in the place of the member, and
(b) while so acting, has all the functions of the member and is taken to be the member.
(4) A deputy while acting in the place of a member is entitled to be paid such remuneration (including travelling and subsistence allowances) as the Minister may from time to time determine in respect of the person.

3 Term of office of members

Subject to this Schedule, a member holds office for such period (not exceeding 3 years) as is specified in the member's instrument of appointment, but is eligible (if otherwise qualified) for re-appointment.

4 Remuneration of members

A member (other than a member who is an officer of a public sector agency) is entitled to be paid such remuneration (including travelling and subsistence allowances) for attending meetings and transacting the business of the Committee as the Minister may from time to time determine in respect of the member.

5 Vacancy in office of members

(1) The office of a member becomes vacant if the member--
(a) dies, or
(b) completes a term of office and is not re-appointed, or
(c) resigns the office by letter addressed to the Minister, or
(d) is removed from office by the Minister under this clause, or
(e) is absent from 4 consecutive meetings of the Information and Privacy Advisory Committee of which reasonable notice has been given to the member personally or in the ordinary course of post, except on leave granted by the Committee or unless, before the expiration of 4 weeks after the last of those meetings, the member is excused by the Committee for having been absent from those meetings, or
(f) becomes bankrupt, applies to take the benefit of any law for the relief of bankrupt or insolvent debtors, compounds with his or her creditors or makes an assignment of his or her remuneration for their benefit, or
(g) becomes a mentally incapacitated person, or
(h) is convicted in New South Wales of an offence that is punishable by imprisonment for 12 months or more or is convicted elsewhere than in New South Wales of an offence that, if committed in New South Wales, would be an offence so punishable.
(2) The Minister may remove a member from office at any time.

6 Filling of vacancy in office of member

If the office of any member becomes vacant, a person is, subject to this Act, to be appointed to fill the vacancy.

7 Effect of certain other Acts

(1) The provisions of the Government Sector Employment Act 2013 relating to the employment of Public Service employees do not apply to a member.
(2) If, by or under any Act, provision is made--
(a) requiring a person who is the holder of a specified office to devote the whole of his or her time to the duties of that office, or
(b) prohibiting the person from engaging in employment outside the duties of that office,
the provision does not operate to disqualify the person from holding that office and also the office of a member or from accepting and retaining any remuneration payable to the person under this Act as such a member.
(3) The office of a member is not, for the purposes of any Act, an office or place of profit under the Crown.

8 General procedure

The procedure for the calling of meetings of the Information and Privacy Advisory Committee and for the conduct of business at those meetings, is to be as determined by the Information Commissioner.