ANIMAL WELFARE ACT 1985 - SECT 6

ANIMAL WELFARE ACT 1985 - SECT 6

6—Establishment of Animal Welfare Advisory Committee

        (1)         The Animal Welfare Advisory Committee is established.

        (2)         The Committee consists of 8 members appointed by the Minister, of whom—

            (a)         1 is to be nominated by the Minister responsible for the administration of the Livestock Act 1997 ;

            (b)         2 will be nominated by Primary Producers SA Incorporated;

            (c)         1 will be nominated by the Society;

            (d)         2 will be persons who, in the opinion of the Minister, are suitable to represent the interests of animal welfare organisations;

            (e)         1 will be nominated by the Australian Veterinary Association;

            (f)         1 will be engaged in research activities involving animals nominated by the Minister responsible for the administration of the Health Care Act 2008 .

        (3)         Where the Minister, by notice in writing, requests—

            (a)         Primary Producers SA Incorporated; or

            (b)         the Society; or

            (c)         the Australian Veterinary Association,

to make a nomination for the purposes of this section, and the body to which the request is addressed fails to make such a nomination within the time allowed in the notice, the Minister may select a person for appointment as a member of the Committee, and a person so selected may then be appointed to the Committee as if nominated by the body to which the request was addressed.

        (4)         The Minister may appoint a member of the Committee to be the presiding member of the Committee and another member to be the deputy presiding member of the Committee.

        (5)         The Minister may appoint a suitable person to be the deputy of a member of the Committee (other than the presiding member), and the deputy may, in the absence of that member, act as a member of the Committee.