Nominations, and recommendations, for membership
9 Nominations, and recommendations, for membership
A panel of nominees to be submitted under section 8(2) shall —
be so compiled, if practicable having regard also to the requirement that the Council should comprise individuals who have special knowledge and experience in the areas that the Council is required to deal with under this Act but should still be reasonably representative of the general community, as to include both a man and a woman; and
be submitted to the Minister within such time, after the receipt of a notice from the Minister that the submission of the nominations is required, as is specified in that notice,
but if any requisite panel of names is not submitted within the specified time the Minister may nominate instead an individual to represent the relevant interest and a nomination so made shall be deemed to have been submitted under paragraph (b).
In recommending persons for membership of the Council the Minister shall endeavour to ensure that —
the Council has available to it from its own membership —
adequate representation of the interests of women, of parents, of the children born of reproductive technology, and of participants in reproductive technology; and
expertise in reproductive technology; and
relevant experience in public health matters; and
relevant ethical guidance,
and also that any other appropriate discipline, experience or background is adequately reflected in so far as is practicable; and
the Council is constituted of equal numbers of men and women; and
no one person is the sole representative of disparate interests; and
no more than one member of the Council at any time —
is a licensee; or
is a person who has a pecuniary or other beneficial interest, other than an interest of a prescribed kind, in the practice of a licensee.
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