AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

Crimes (Sentence Administration) Board Appointment 2006 (No 1)

Disallowable instrument 2006-163

made under the 

Crimes (Sentence Administration) Act 2005, s 174(1)(b) (Appointment of board members)

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EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

The Crimes (Sentence Administration) Act 2005 (the Act), amongst other things, governs the constitution and functions of the Sentence Administration Board of the ACT (the board).  The board’s functions are detailed under section 172 of the Act, and sections 171 and 173-4 provide for the establishment and membership of the board.

This instrument appoints Ms Elizabeth Marjorie Symons under section 174(1)(b) as a deputy chair of the board beginning on 7 July 2006 and ending on 6 July 2009.  As required by section 174(3), Ms Symons is a judicially qualified person.

Consultation has occurred with the Standing Committee on Legal Affairs regarding the proposed appointment, and the committee did not respond within the 30 days required by the Legislation Act 2001.

Ms Symons is not a public servant and therefore the instrument to appoint her is a disallowable instrument.