Common use of The Ministerial Council Clause in Contracts

The Ministerial Council. 7.1 The Parties shall establish in legislation the Ministerial Council to be known as the Australian Health Workforce Ministerial Council and will comprise the Commonwealth Health Minister and the Ministers with responsibility for health from each State and Territory. 7.2 The Ministerial Council will meet from time to time, as required. 7.3 The relevant quorum requirements will be that all jurisdictions should be represented by the Minister responsible for health. 7.4 Agreement by the Ministerial Council for the purpose of decisions relating to this scheme will be by consensus. In circumstances where the Ministerial Council is unable to come to an agreement and a decision must be made, there will be a transparent process of review in order to assist it to reach an agreement. This review will be undertaken by the Advisory Council (described in Attachment A). 7.5 Under the proposed legislation for the scheme, the Ministerial Council will be responsible for: (a) providing policy direction; (b) agreeing on the inclusion of new professions in the scheme; (c) proposing legislative amendments through processes of governments, which are consistent with this Agreement; (d) providing funding as appropriate in the set up phase of the scheme; (e) appointing members to the Advisory Council, subject to clause 1.10 of Attachment A making appointments to the management committee of the national agency; (f) appointing members of boards; (g) approving profession-specific registration, practice, competency and accreditation standards and continuing professional development (CPD) requirements provided by the boards; (h) requesting boards to review approved profession-specific registration, practice, competency and accreditation standards and CPD requirements; (i) maintaining a reserve power to intervene on budgets and fees, with any intervention to be transparent; and (j) initiating an independent review following three years of the scheme’s operation. 7.6 In respect to the Advisory Council, the Ministerial Council will: (a) have the power to refer matters relating to the scheme to the Advisory Council for advice; and (b) have regard to advice provided by the Advisory Council when making decisions under the scheme, including advice provided by the Advisory Council in accordance with clauses 1.8 (b) and (c) of Attachment A. 7.7 Following the approval of standards and requirements as set out in 7.5 (g) above, these standards and requirements will be publicly available. 7.8 To clarify, the Ministerial Council will not seek to insert itself into the day-to-day operations of the national agency. In particular, the Ministerial Council will not have any power to intervene in registration, examination or disciplinary decisions relating to individuals, or decisions relating to the accreditation of specific courses.