Australian Capital Territory
Commissioner for the Environment Appointment 2008 (No 2)*
Notifiable instrument NI2008–327
made under the  
Commissioner for the Environment Act 1993, section 4 (Commissioner for the Environment)

1	Name of instrument
This instrument is the Commissioner for the Environment Appointment 2008 (No 2).

2	Commencement 
This instrument commences on 23 June 2008. 

3	Appointment of Commissioner for the Environment
I revoke the instrument Commissioner for the Environment Act 1993 (Commissioner for the Environment Appointment) 2008 (No1) and appoint Maxine Cooper to the office of the Commissioner for the Environment (“the Office”) for five years beginning on 23 June 2008.

4	Remuneration, Allowances and other Entitlements
Subject to the terms of the Commissioner for the Environment Act 1993 the Commissioner for the Environment shall hold that position for the term of the appointment upon the same conditions as to remuneration, allowances and entitlements as applied on 23 June 2008 to an Executive in the Australian Capital Territory Public Service having the classification of level 2.5 and after that date upon the conditions of that classification as varied from time to time (Remuneration).
Except as provided in clause 5 the Remuneration includes any determination by the ACT Remuneration Tribunal and the terms of any executive contract for an office in the public service entered into by the appointee.

5	Remuneration, Allowances and other Entitlements determined by the ACT Remuneration Tribunal
If the ACT Remuneration Tribunal determines that the remuneration, allowances and other entitlements for the Commissioner for the Environment are greater than those provided in clause 4, then for the remainder of the period of her appointment to the Office, Maxine Cooper will receive the remuneration, allowances and other entitlements determined by the ACT Remuneration Tribunal for the Commissioner for the Environment.

6	Terms of employment
Subject to the terms of the Commissioner for the Environment Act 1993, and this instrument, Maxine Cooper will have terms of employment equivalent to those prescribed in the Public Sector Management Act 1994 and the Public Sector Management Standards for an executive engaged by contract under the Public Sector Management Act 1994, section 72.  

Jon Stanhope
Minister for the Environment

1/8/2008