AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

Administrative Heads (Tenure of Office) Ordinance 1989
No. 27 of 1989
I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Ordinance under the Seat of Government (Administration) Act 1910. 
Dated 27 April 1989.
	BILL HAYDEN
	Governor-General
By His Excellency’s Command,
CLYDE HOLDING
Minister of State for the Arts 
and Territories

An Ordinance relating to the tenure of office of the Head of Administration and Associate Heads of Administration

Short title
1.  This Ordinance may be cited as the Administrative Heads (Tenure of Office) Ordinance 1989.1
Commencement
2.  (1)  Section 1 and this section commence on the day on which this Ordinance is notified in the Gazette.
(2)  The remaining provisions commence on the date of commencement of section 22 of the Australian Capital Territory (Self-Government) Act 1988 of the Commonwealth.
Tenure
3.  (1)  The Chief Minister may, by instrument, determine the terms and conditions on which a person appointed as Head of Administration or as an Associate Head of Administration holds office.
(2)  Terms and conditions determined under subsection (1)—
	(a)	shall not provide for the person to hold office for a term exceeding 5 years;
	(b)	shall not provide for the person to hold office after the day on which he or she will attain the age of 65 years; and
	(c)	may provide for the person to be paid such compensation as is specified in, or ascertained in accordance with, the instrument if his or her appointment is terminated for any reason other than misbehaviour or physical or mental incapacity.

NOTE
1.	Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 3 May 1989.