Australian Capital Territory

Victims of Crime (Victims Assistance Board) Appointment 2004 (No 4)

Disallowable instrument DI2004–212

made under the
Victims of Crime Act 1994
Victims of Crime Regulations 2000, Section 8 (1) (d) Appointed Members of Board

EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

The Victims of Crime Regulations 2000 establishes a Victims Assistance Board.  
The board monitors and evaluates the management of the Victims Services Scheme.
The Regulations provide that the Minister must appoint various members, including a person who is a lawyer (the legal profession member, para 8 (1) (d) of the Regulations).

This instrument appoints one person, for this purpose, as a member of the board.  The appointment is effective on the day after notification of this instrument on the Legislation Register for a period of two years. 

Pursuant to Section 228 of the Legislation Act 2001, ministers are required to consult the relevant Standing Committee of the ACT Legislative Assembly concerning appointments to a statutory office, unless the appointments come within the exemptions permitted by section 227 of that Act.  
The Standing Committee on Legal Affairs has been consulted, and has advised that it has no 
recommendation to make.