New South Wales Consolidated Acts

SWIMMING POOLS ACT 1992 - SECT 31

31 Pool Fencing Advisory Committee

(1) There is to be established a committee, to be known as the Pool Fencing Advisory Committee, consisting of 5 members, of whom:

(a) one is to be a member nominated for the time being by the Australian Bureau of Statistics, and

(b) one is to be a member nominated for the time being by the Epidemiology and Health Services Evaluation Branch of the Department of Health, and

(c) one is to be a member nominated for the time being by the Child Accident Prevention Foundation of Australia, and

(d) one is to be a member nominated for the time being by the Department of Psychology of the University of Sydney, and

(e) one is to be a member appointed by the Minister.

(2) The Minister may appoint a person to any position in the Committee if a person is not duly nominated to that position under subsection (1).

(3) The Committee is to meet from time to time for the purpose of:

(a) considering data on drownings and near drownings, both past and current, and

(b) analysing the data and advising the Minister as to its findings, and

(c) recommending to the Minister appropriate amendments to this Act in the light of its findings, with particular regard to isolation fencing.

(4) The regulations may make provision with respect to the constitution and procedure of the Committee.