Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00829:reg:29
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00829
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 29
Character Range: 106350–107205

29  Scientific advisory group
 (1) The Director of Biosecurity must appoint, in writing, external persons to be members of a scientific advisory group.
 (2) At any stage in the process of conducting a BIRA, the Director of Biosecurity may (orally or in writing) request the scientific advisory group to examine and provide comments on any aspect of the BIRA.
 (3) If the scientific advisory group receives a request to examine and provide comments on an aspect of a BIRA, the scientific advisory group must, after completing its examination, give its comments and any findings to the Director of Biosecurity in the form requested by the Director of Biosecurity.
Note: The comments and any findings given by the scientific advisory group must be considered by the Director of Biosecurity in preparing the provisional BIRA report (see paragraph 26(2)(c)).