Administrative provisions about members of Pharmacy Committee
Schedule 2 Administrative provisions about members of Pharmacy Committee
section 18B(3)
1. Term of office
(1) A person appointed as a member of the Pharmacy Committee holds office for the period, not exceeding 3 years, as is specified by the Minister.
(2) A member may serve any number of terms but may not serve more than 2 terms in succession unless approved by the Minister.
2. Vacation of office
A member vacates office if the member:
resigns; or
is removed from office under subclause (2) or (3); or
ceases to be qualified for office by virtue of subclause (4).
The Minister may remove a member from office if the member:
(a) is absent from 3 consecutive meetings of the regulatory body without the permission of the regulatory body; or
(b) becomes bankrupt, applies to take the benefit of any law for the relief of bankrupt or insolvent debtors, compounds with the member's creditors or makes an assignment of the member's remuneration or estate for their benefit; or
(c) is found guilty in the Territory or elsewhere of an offence punishable by imprisonment; or
(d) fails, without reasonable excuse, to comply with the member's obligation under Schedule 3, clause 5; or
is found guilty of an offence against this Act.
(3) The Minister may remove a member from office if satisfied that the member:
(a) has acted improperly in the performance of his or her duties as a member; or
(b) has disclosed confidential information provided to the member in the course of his or her duties as a member; or
is unable to competently perform his or her duties as a member.
(4) A member who is required to be a pharmacist vacates office if he or she ceases to be registered.
3 Chairperson
(1) The Pharmacy Committee must elect one of its members who is a pharmacist to be the Chairperson of the Committee.
The Chairperson may, by notice, resign the office.
The Chairperson may resign the office but remain a member.
4. Validity of proceedings etc.
(1) An act or proceeding of the Pharmacy Committee or of a person acting under the direction of the Pharmacy Committee is not invalid by reason only that at the time when the act or proceeding was done, taken or commenced there was a vacancy in the membership of the Pharmacy Committee.
(2) An act or proceeding of the Pharmacy Committee or of a person acting under the direction of the Pharmacy Committee is valid even if:
(a) the appointment of a member of the Pharmacy Committee was defective; or
(b) a person appointed as a member of the Pharmacy Committee was disqualified from acting as, or incapable of being, a member.
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