AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

Land (Planning and Environment) 
ACT Heritage Council Appointments 2002 (No.1)

DISALLOWABLE INSTRUMENT DI2002-56

EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

Overview

The Land (Planning and Environment) Act 1991 (the “Land Act”) governs the use of land in the Territory including the conservation of the Territory’s Heritage places.

Part III, section 91, of the Land Act establishes the ACT Heritage Council.  Members of Council are appointed by the Minister under section 97(1)(b).

Detail

Members are appointed for a maximum period of three years, after which they may be re-appointed for a further maximum period of three years.  A break of three years must then lapse before a member can be further re-appointed.

This instrument re-appoints Weeks White to be a member of the Council for a period of 2 years and Peter Freeman and Dr Michael Pearson as members of the Council for a period of 3 years.

A brief resume of each appointee’s background is attached.

Section 7 of the Subordinate Laws Act 1989 prevents subordinate law from having effect if it would prejudice the rights of a person existing at the date of notification, or if liabilities would be imposed on a person in respect of any act or omission before the date of notification.  Neither circumstance will arise from the act of appointing the person named herein to the specified position.