New South Wales Consolidated Acts

RADIATION CONTROL ACT 1990 - SECT 29

29 Radiation Advisory Council

(1) There is constituted by this Act a Radiation Advisory Council.

(2) The Council is to consist of 16 members appointed by the Minister, being:

(a) the Director-General or a member of staff of the Authority, who is to be the Chairperson of the Council, and

(b) a medical practitioner who is a specialist in radiology, and

(c) a radiographer with expertise in the field of human diagnostic radiography, and

(d) a person with expertise in the industrial uses of radiation, and

(e) a person with expertise in health physics, and

(f) a medical practitioner who specialises in nuclear medicine, and

(g) a person with expertise in non-ionising radiation, and

(h) a person with expertise in occupational health and safety, and

(i) a person who is an Australian lawyer of at least 7 years’ standing, and

(j) a person who represents community interests, and

(k) an officer of the Department of Health, and

(l) radiation oncologist, and

(m) a medical physicist, and

(n) an officer of the WorkCover Authority, and

(o) a person with expertise in naturally occurring radioactivity, and

(p) a person chosen by the Minister for such reasons as the Minister thinks fit.

(3) Schedule 1 has effect with respect to the members and procedure of the Council.