122   Role of Scientific Committee

(1)  Before a joint management agreement is entered into, the Scientific Committee must review the draft joint management agreement and provide the Director-General with comments on the review by the date specified for the making of public submissions on the draft agreement.

(2)  The Scientific Committee must also:

(a)  conduct an annual review of the performance of all parties to a joint management agreement, and

(b)  advise the Director-General of any deficiencies in implementation of any joint management agreement by any party to it.

(3)  The Director-General is to incorporate the Scientific Committee’s advice on the annual review of joint management agreements in the Director-General’s annual report to Parliament under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974.