Part 1 Preliminary
1 Name of regulation
This regulation is the Screen and Digital Games Industries (Advisory Committee) Regulation 2025.
2 Commencement
This regulation commences on the day on which the Act commences.
3 Definitions
In this regulation—chairperson means the member appointed to the Advisory Committee as chairperson of the Advisory Committee.deputy chairperson means the member appointed to the Advisory Committee as deputy chairperson of the Advisory Committee.member means a member of the Advisory Committee.the Act means the Screen and Digital Games Industries Act 2025.Note—The Act and the Interpretation Act 1987 contain definitions and other provisions that affect the interpretation and application of this regulation.
Part 2 Composition and functions
4 Composition of Advisory Committee—the Act, s 6(3)
(1) The Advisory Committee must consist of not more than 10 members.(2) One member must be appointed chairperson by the member’s instrument of appointment.(3) The chairperson must have significant experience or expertise in the screen or digital games industry.(4) One member may be appointed deputy chairperson by the member’s instrument of appointment.(5) The deputy chairperson must not have significant experience or expertise in the screen or digital games industry.(6) At least 1 member must have experience in the digital games industry.(7) At least 1 member must be an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander person.(8) At least 1 member must—(a) have relevant experience in the screen or digital games industry, and(b) reside or work in regional New South Wales.(9) The other members must have relevant experience or expertise in the screen or digital games industry.
5 Functions of Advisory Committee—the Act, s 6(4)
For the Act, section 6(4), the following functions are prescribed—(a) to advise the Secretary in relation to the annual allocation of program funding between screen or digital games industry funding programs administered by the Secretary,(b) to consider recommendations relating to screen or digital games production funding and advise the Secretary in relation to the recommendations,(c) to advise the Secretary in relation to individual screen or digital games industry funding programs administered by the Secretary and, if appropriate, recommend changes to existing funding programs and guidelines,(d) to advise the Minister and Secretary, on request, about submissions from local councils seeking accreditation under the Act, section 8,(e) to advise the Minister and Secretary about matters relating to spaces and other locations accessible for screen or digital games production,(f) to advise the Minister about the strategic direction of the screen and digital games industries in the State,(g) to advocate for and promote awareness of the intellectual property rights of persons employed in the screen and digital games industries in relation to emerging technologies and evolving distribution platforms.
6 Subcommittees
(1) The Advisory Committee may establish subcommittees to assist with the Committee’s functions.(2) Without limiting subsection (1), a subcommittee may be established to manage the allocation of funding to participants in the screen and digital games production industries.(3) To avoid doubt, a subcommittee need not consist of all members of the Advisory Committee, including the chairperson of the Advisory Committee.(4) The chairperson of a subcommittee has—(a) a deliberative vote, and(b) if there is an equality of votes—a second or casting vote.(5) Subject to this regulation, the other procedures of a subcommittee must be decided by the Advisory Committee.
Part 3 Membership of Advisory Committee—the Act, s 6(5)
7 Terms of office of members
(1) A member holds office for the period, not more than 3 years, specified in the member’s instrument of appointment.(2) A person who holds or has held office as a member is eligible for reappointment or appointment to a further term—(a) unless the person has held office for more than 6 years, consecutively or not, and(b) if otherwise qualified.(3) For subsection (2)(a), an appointment does not constitute, and is taken never to have constituted, an appointment to a term of office if the person is appointed—(a) under section 9 to fill the office of a member that has become vacant other than by the expiration of the member’s term of office, and(b) for the balance of the term of office of the person’s predecessor.
8 Remuneration
A member is entitled to be paid the remuneration, including travelling and subsistence allowances, determined by the Minister from time to time in consultation with the Public Service Commissioner.
9 Vacancy in office of member
The office of a member becomes vacant if the member—(a) dies, or(b) completes a term of office and is not reappointed, or(c) resigns the office by written instrument addressed to the Minister, or(d) is removed from office by the Minister under this section, or(e) is absent from 4 consecutive meetings of the Advisory Committee of which reasonable notice has been given to the member personally or by post or email, except—(i) on leave granted by the Committee, or(ii) before the expiration of 4 weeks after the last of the 4 meetings, the member is excused by the Committee for having been absent from the meetings, or(f) is personally insolvent, or(g) becomes a mentally incapacitated person, or(h) is convicted in New South Wales of an offence punishable by imprisonment for 12 months or more or is convicted elsewhere than in New South Wales of an offence that, if committed in New South Wales, would be an offence punishable in the same way.
10 Filling of vacancy in office of member
(1) If the office of a member becomes vacant, the Minister may, subject to this regulation and the Act, appoint a person to fill the vacancy.(2) Despite subsection (1), if the office of a member becomes vacant, the Secretary may appoint a person to fill the vacancy on a temporary basis for a period no longer than 6 months.
11 Disclosure of pecuniary interests
(1) Subsection (2) applies if—(a) a member of the Advisory Committee has a direct or indirect pecuniary interest in a matter being considered or about to be considered at a meeting of the Committee, and(b) the interest appears to raise a conflict with the proper performance of the member’s duties in relation to the consideration of the matter.(2) The member must, as soon as possible after the relevant facts have come to the member’s knowledge, disclose the nature of the interest at a meeting of the Advisory Committee.(3) A member may disclose at a meeting of the Advisory Committee that the member—(a) is a member of, or employed by, a specified company or another body, or(b) is a partner of, or employed by, a specified person, or(c) has some other specified interest relating to the specified company, body or person.(4) The disclosure under subsection (3) is a sufficient disclosure by the member of the nature of the interest in a matter relating to that company or other body and the member is not required to repeat the disclosure for later meetings of the Advisory Committee.(5) Particulars of a disclosure made under this section must be recorded by the Advisory Committee in a document kept for the purpose.(6) The document must be made available at all reasonable hours for inspection by a person on payment of the reasonable fee determined by the Advisory Committee.(7) After a member has disclosed the nature of an interest in a matter, the member must not, unless the Minister or the Advisory Committee otherwise determines—(a) be present during a deliberation of the Committee about the matter, or(b) take part in a decision of the Committee about the matter.(8) For the purposes of making a determination by the Advisory Committee under subsection (7), a member who has a direct or indirect pecuniary or other interest in a matter to which a disclosure relates must not—(a) be present when the Committee is making the determination, or(b) take part in the making of the determination.(9) A contravention of this section does not invalidate a decision of the Advisory Committee.(10) In this section, a reference to the Advisory Committee is taken to include a reference to a subcommittee of the Advisory Committee.
12 Effect of certain other Acts
(1) The provisions of the Government Sector Employment Act 2013 relating to the employment of Public Service employees do not apply to a member.(2) The following provisions in an Act or instrument do not operate to disqualify a person from holding an office and also being an appointed member—(a) a provision requiring a person who is the holder of a specified office to devote the whole of the person’s time to the duties of the office,(b) a provision prohibiting the person from engaging in employment outside the duties of the office.(3) For any Act, the office of a member is not an office or place of profit under the Crown.
Part 4 Procedure of Advisory Committee—the Act, s 6(5)
13 General procedure
The procedure for calling Advisory Committee meetings and conducting business at Committee meetings must, subject to the regulations, be determined by the Committee.
14 Quorum
(1) The quorum for a meeting of the Advisory Committee is 4 members.(2) One of the members must be the chairperson.
15 Presiding member
(1) The chairperson must preside at a meeting of the Advisory Committee.(2) The chairperson has—(a) a deliberative vote, and(b) if there is an equality of votes—a second or casting vote.
16 Voting
A decision supported by a majority of the votes cast at an Advisory Committee meeting at which a quorum is present is the decision of the Committee.
17 Transaction of business outside meetings or by telecommunication
(1) The Advisory Committee may, if it thinks fit, transact its business—(a) by the circulation of papers, by email or other electronic means, among all members, or(b) at a meeting at which all or some members participate by telephone or other electronic means, but only if a member who speaks on a matter at the meeting can be heard by the other members.(2) If the Advisory Committee transacts its business by the circulation of papers under subsection (1)(a), a written resolution approved in writing by a majority of the members of the Committee is taken to be a decision of the Committee made at a Committee meeting.(3) The chairperson and each other member of the Advisory Committee have the same voting rights as at an ordinary Committee meeting for—(a) a meeting held in accordance with subsection (1)(b), or(b) an approval of a resolution under subsection (2).(4) A resolution approved under subsection (2) must be recorded in the minutes of the Advisory Committee meeting.