AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

ACTION AUTHORITY ACT 2001

ACTION AUTHORITY (APPOINTMENTS) 2002 (No.1)

DISALLOWABLE INSTRUMENT DI2002-101  

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM

1.	The ACTION Authority Act 2001 provides for the establishment of ACTION (the ACT Bus Service) as a statutory authority, governed by a Board.

2.	The Board includes the Chief Executive of ACTION, who is appointed by the other Board members.  All other Board members are appointed by the Minister. 

3.	The terms of the present Board members expire on 30 June 2002.  The Minister is now appointing Board members for the three year period 1 July 2002 to 
30 June 2005.  The Board members are appointed for their experience and expertise in a variety of fields including transport policy and operations, finance, community representation and industrial relations.  The appointments have been made according to the process laid down by the ACT Government, including review by a committee of the Legislative Assembly.

4.	The Board members to be appointed are Mr Ted Butcher (chair), Ms Jenny Morison, Ms Cathi Moore, Mr Andrew Whitecross, Ms Faye Powell, and Mr Andrew Whale.  Mr Butcher and Ms Morison are members of the current board and are being re-appointed.

5.	The position of Chief Executive of ACTION, who is appointed by the Board and thus is not appointed by the Minister under the instrument, is currently Mr Guy Thurston.