AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

Rehabilitation of Offenders (Interim) (Sentence Administration Board Acting Chairperson) Appointment 2004 (No 1)

DISALLOWABLE INSTRUMENT DI 2004 - 42

Made under the

Legislation Act 2001, s 209 and 218 
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EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

The Legislation Act 2001, amongst other things, provides for the appointment of a person, or 2 or more people, to act in a position—
	(a)	during any vacancy, or all vacancies, in the position, whether or not an appointment has previously been made to the position; or
	(b)	during any period, or all periods, when the appointee cannot for any reason exercise functions of the position.

The Rehabilitation of Offenders (Interim) Act 2001 (the Act), amongst other things, governs the constitution and functions of the Sentence Administration Board of the ACT (the Board).  The Board’s function is detailed under Part 4.1 Section 66.  The establishment and membership of the Board is provided for by Part 4.1 of the Act. 

Consultation has occurred with the Standing Committee on Legal Affairs regarding the proposed appointment, and the Committee indicated that it had no objection to it proceeding.

This instrument appoints Mr Michael Henry Peedom PSM as an acting chairperson, in the circumstances detailed in the instrument, to the Sentence Administration Board for a period of three years from the date of its notification in the ACT Legislation Register.