Australian Capital Territory

Government Procurement 
Appointment 2005 (No 3)

Notifiable Instrument NI2005-467

Explanatory Statement
Government Procurement Act 2001, section 12 (Appointment of members) 

The Government Procurement Act 2001 provides for the creation of the Government Procurement Board, with responsibility for the ongoing improvement of procurement practices and skills in Government agencies.
Section 12 enables the Minister to appoint, by instrument, the Board members to their respective positions and provides that a non public employee member must not be a public employee.
Section 12 further provides that the instrument of appointment must state whether a member is appointed as chairperson, a public employee member or a non-public employee member.
Section 13 provides that the term of appointment be specified in the instrument of appointment.
This decision fills the chair by an existing public employee member on an acting basis resulting from absence through illness of the current Chair from the Board until March 2006. This acting appointment has been approved by Cabinet.