Victorian Current Acts

PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELLBEING ACT 2008 - SECT 165CE

    (1)     Within 30 days of the first extension of a pandemic declaration, the Minister, by Order published in the Government Gazette, must establish a committee, to be known as an Independent Pandemic Management Advisory Committee, for the purposes of providing advice in relation to managing the pandemic disease or the disease of pandemic potential to which the pandemic declaration relates.

    (2)     If the Minister establishes an Independent Pandemic Management Advisory Committee the Minister must, by Order published in the Government Gazette—

        (a)     appoint as members of the committee persons whom the Minister considers have skills, knowledge or experience relevant to the committee's functions; and

        (b)     specify the period of appointment and the terms and conditions of the appointment.

    (3)     Before appointing a person as a member of an Independent Pandemic Management Advisory Committee, the Minister must consult the Chief Health Officer in relation to the appointment.

    (4)     For the purposes of appointing members to an Independent Pandemic Management Advisory Committee, the Minister must ensure as far as reasonably practicable that members of the committee, taken as a group, have skills, knowledge and experience that encompass all of the following matters—

        (a)     public health;

        (b)     infectious diseases;

        (c)     primary care;

        (d)     emergency care;

        (e)     critical care;

        (f)     law;

        (g)     human rights;

        (h)     the interests and needs of traditional owners and Aboriginal Victorians;

              (i)     the interests and needs of vulnerable communities.

    (5)     Each person appointed in order to ensure that an Independent Pandemic Management Advisory Committee has skills, knowledge and experience in the interests and needs of traditional owners and Aboriginal Victorians must be an Aboriginal Victorian.

    (6)     A member of an Independent Pandemic Management Advisory Committee is not subject to the Public Administration Act 2004 (other than Part 5 of that Act) in respect of their membership.

    (7)     A member of an Independent Pandemic Management Advisory Committee, other than a member who is an employee of the public service, is entitled to receive the fees, travelling and other allowances from time to time fixed by the Minister in respect of their appointment.

S. 165CF inserted by No. 53/2021 s. 12.