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AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF HEALTH AND WELFARE ETHICS COMMITTEE REGULATIONS 1989
Compilation Information
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare Ethics Committee
Regulations 1989
Statutory Rules
1989
No.
118
as amended
made under the
Health Act 1987
This compilation was prepared on 5 April 2002
taking into account amendments
up to SR 2002 No. 62
Prepared by the Office of Legislative Drafting,
Attorney-General's
Department, Canberra
AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF HEALTH AND WELFARE ETHICS COMMITTEE REGULATIONS 1989
- REG 1
Name of Regulations [see Note 1]
These Regulations are the
Australian
Institute of Health and Welfare Ethics Committee Regulations 1989.
AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF HEALTH AND WELFARE ETHICS COMMITTEE REGULATIONS 1989
- REG 2
Definition
In these Regulations:
identifiable data means data from which an individual can be
identified.
AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF HEALTH AND WELFARE ETHICS COMMITTEE REGULATIONS 1989
- REG 3
Functions
The functions of the Ethics Committee are:
- (a)
- to form an opinion, on ethical grounds, about the acceptability of, and to
impose any conditions that it considers appropriate on:
- (i)
- activities that are being, or are proposed to be, engaged in by the
Institute in the performance of its functions; and
- (ii)
- activities that are being, or are proposed to be, engaged in by other
bodies or persons in association with, or with the assistance of, the Institute
in the performance of its functions; and
- (iii)
- the release, or proposed release, of identifiable data by the Institute
for research purposes;
having regard to any relevant ethical principles and standards formulated or
adopted by the National Health and Medical Research Council and to any other
matters that the Ethics Committee considers relevant;
- (b)
- where appropriate, to revise an opinion so formed or to form another
opinion;
- (c)
- to inform the Institute from time to time of the opinions so formed or as
revised and its reasons for forming or revising those opinions; and
- (d)
- to provide a written annual report of the Ethics Committee's operations to
the Institute.
AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF HEALTH AND WELFARE ETHICS COMMITTEE REGULATIONS 1989
- REG 4
Composition
The Ethics Committee is to consist of the following members:
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- (a)
- a chairperson;
- (b)
- the Director of the Institute or a nominee of the Director;
- (c)
- a person with knowledge of, and current experience in, the professional
care, counselling or treatment of people;
- (d)
- a person with knowledge of, and current experience in, the areas of
research that are regularly considered by the Ethics Committee;
- (e)
- a nominee of the person in each State and Territory who is responsible for
registering births, deaths and marriages in that State or Territory;
- (f)
- a minister of religion or a person who performs a similar role in a
community;
- (g)
- a lawyer;
- (h)
- at least 1 person of each gender who is able to represent general
community attitudes, is not affiliated with the Institute and is not currently
involved in medical, scientific or legal work.
- Examples for paragraph (c)
- A medical practitioner, a clinical psychologist, a social
worker or a nurse.
- Example for paragraph (f)
- An Aboriginal elder.
AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF HEALTH AND WELFARE ETHICS COMMITTEE REGULATIONS 1989
Notes to the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare Ethics Committee Regulations 1989
Note 1
The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare Ethics Committee
Regulations 1989 (in force under the Health Act 1987) as shown in
this compilation comprise Statutory Rules 1989 No. 118 amended as
indicated in the Tables below.
Table of Statutory Rules
Year
and
number
|
Date
of notification
in Gazette
|
Date
of
commencement
|
Application,
saving or
transitional provisions
|
1989
No. 118
|
21
June 1989
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21
June 1989
|
|
2002
No. 62
|
5
Apr 2002
|
5
Apr 2002
|
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Table
of Amendments
ad.
= added or inserted am. = amended rep. = repealed rs. = repealed
and substituted
|
Provision
affected
|
How
affected
|
Rr.
1, 2
|
rs.
2002 No. 62
|
R.
3
|
am.
2002 No. 62
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R.
4
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rs.
2002 No. 62
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