South Australian Consolidated Acts

PSYCHOLOGICAL PRACTICES ACT 1973 - SECT 8

8—Composition of the Board

        (1)         The Board shall consist of seven members appointed by the Governor, of whom—

            (a)         one, who shall be chairman, shall be a legal practitioner nominated by the Minister; and

            (b)         one shall be a medical practitioner with a post-graduate qualification in psychiatry nominated by the Minister; and

            (c)         one shall be a person, who gives instruction in psychology at a university or other tertiary institution in South Australia, nominated by the Minister; and

            (d)         four shall be persons, nominated by the Minister, being persons who, in the opinion of the Minister, have a knowledge of the practice of psychology.

        (2)         Any person appointed to membership of the Board under subsection (1)(d) of this section after the first appointments have been made under that paragraph must be a registered psychologist.

        (3)         A member of the Board shall not as such be subject to the Public Service Act 1967 , but this subsection does not affect the rights, duties and obligations under that Act of any member who is otherwise an Officer in the public service of the State.

        (4)         The office of a member of the Board may be held in conjunction with any other appointment or office under the Government of the State.