AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY
Explanatory Statement
Domestic Violence Prevention Council Appointments 2002-2004
Disallowable Instrument DI2002 - 197
made under the
Domestic Violence Agencies Act 1986, s. 6

The Domestic Violence Prevention Council (the council) is established under the Domestic Violence Agencies Act 1986 (the Act). 

This instrument appoints five persons, for the purposes of subsection 6(6) of the Act, as members of the council. The appointments are expressed to be for a period of two years commencing on 1 December 2002 and ending on 31 November 2004. 

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. The Standing Committee on Legal Affairs has been consulted on the appointment. The Chair of the Committee advised the Attorney, in writing, that the committee has no objection to the appointment. 

The effect of section 227(2) of the Legislation Act 2001 is to exclude the appointment of public servants to a statutory position from the requirement to notify the making of the appointment.  Accordingly, the instrument of appointment for the remaining four members to the council is not  disallowable.