Australian Capital Territory
Explanatory Statement
Public Health (Chief Health Officer) Appointment 2008 
Disallowable Instrument DI2008-16
made under the
Public Health Act 1997, S 7 (Statutory Offices)

Section 7 of the Public Health Act 1997 provides that the Minister for Health shall by Instrument, appoint a person to the position of Chief Health Officer.  The Act also requires that the person so appointed must be a public servant and a doctor.

The Instrument allows for the appointment of Dr Charles Stuart Guest as the ACT Chief Health Officer.  Dr Guest is a public servant and a doctor.  

The appointment by Instrument confers on Dr Guest the statutory powers under the Public Health Act 1997 as set out in the Act.

This instrument is taken to have commenced on 21 December 2007.

This appointment is non-prejudicial.  No member of the public is prejudiced by making this appointment retrospective.

An instrument of appointment is a disallowable instrument.