AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

Public Health Act 1997

Chief Health Officer Determination 2002

Disallowable Instrument DI2002–23

Explanatory Statement

Section 7 of the Public Health Act 1997 provides that the Minister for Health shall by Instrument, appoint a person to the position of Chief Health Officer.  The Act also requires that the person so appointed must be a public servant and a medical practitioner.

The appointment by Instrument confers on the person the statutory powers under the Act as set out in the Act.

An instrument of appointment is a disallowable instrument for the purposes of Section 10 of the Subordinate Laws Act 1989