Australian Capital Territory
Nature Conservation (Scientific Committee) Appointment 2015 (No 2)
Disallowable instrument DI2015–206
made under the  
Nature Conservation Act 2014, s36 (Scientific committee – appointment of members) and s37 (Scientific committee – chair and deputy chair)

1	Name of instrument
This instrument is the Nature Conservation (Scientific Committee) Appointment 2015 (No 2).
2	Commencement 
This instrument commences on 1 July 2015.
3	Appointment of members of the Scientific Committee
I appoint the following to be members of the Scientific Committee:
•	Distinguished Professor Arthur Georges
•	Associate Professor Penny Olsen
•	Dr Barry Richardson
•	Assistant Professor Jasmyn Lynch
•	Associate Professor Mark Lintermans
•	Dr Margaret Kitchin
•	Ms Liz Dovey.
4	Appointment of chair and deputy chair of the Scientific Committee
I appoint Distinguished Professor Arthur Georges as chair and Associate Professor Penny Olsen as deputy chair of the Scientific Committee.
5.	Term of appointment
	The appointments are for the period from 1 July 2015 until 30 June 2018.

Note: Section 36(5) of the Nature Conservation Act 2014 requires the appointment of a member of the Scientific Committee to be for a period not longer than 3 years.  

Simon Corbell
Minister for the Environment
26/06/2015