AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

HERITAGE ACT 2004

Heritage (Council Members) Appointment 2005 (No 1)
	
DI2005-62

EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

This instrument is made under Section 17 of the Heritage Act 2004.

Part III, Section 16 of the Heritage Act establishes the ACT Heritage Council.  Members of Council, including the Chair and Deputy Chair, are appointed by the Minister under section 17.  

This instrument appoints 9 members.  

Members are appointed for a maximum period of three years.  

This instrument appoints Mr Peter Freeman (Architecture), Dr Dianne Firth (Landscape Architecture), Mr David Johnston (Aboriginal Culture/History), Dr Michael Pearson (Archaeology), Mr Gary Barker (Engineering), Dr Warren Nicholls (Nature Conservation), Mrs Louise Brown (Aboriginal Community Representative/Aboriginal Culture and History), Dr Lenore Coltheart (Community Representative/History) and Mr Josip Zivko (Property Representative) to be members of the Council for a period of three years.

The Legislative Assembly Standing Committee on Planning and Environment was consulted and has no objections to the appointments.

These people are not public servants so the appointments are by disallowable instrument.