Eligibility requirements for members
7 Eligibility requirements for members
A person (other than a person referred to in subregulation (2)) is eligible to be appointed as a member, if—
the Minister is satisfied that the person is able to make an informed and independent assessment of the matters to be considered by the advisory committee; and
the person meets at least one of the following requirements—
has significant and substantial expertise and experience in firefighting, fire response, fire management or another relevant field;
has significant and substantial expertise and experience relevant to the scientific research of the relationship between firefighters' occupational exposure and cancers;
is an Australian lawyer.
A person is not eligible to be appointed as a member if the person is—
engaged in any paid employment, is a volunteer or holds a position with—
a fire services agency; or
an industrial body that is responsible for an enterprise agreement that applies to a fire services agency; or
the Volunteer Fire Brigades Victoria Incorporated; or
the Victorian Volunteer Firefighters Association; or
an insolvent under administration; or
convicted of an indictable offence, or an offence that, if committed in Victoria, would be an indictable offence.
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