AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

Crimes (Sentence Administration) (Sentence Administration Board) Appointment 2008 (No 3)

Disallowable instrument 2008- 262

made under the 

Crimes (Sentence Administration) Act 2005 s 174(1) (c) (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, 173 and 174 provide for the establishment and membership of the board.

This instrument appoints the Superintendent of the Prosecution and Judicial Support  area of ACT Policing (Position Number: 50002142), and in that person’s absence the Officer in Charge of the Prosecution and Judicial Support area of ACT Policing (Position Number: 50009883), as a non-judicial member of the board commencing on 13 October 2008 and ending on 12 October 2011.

Consultation has occurred with the Standing Committee on Legal Affairs regarding the appointment, and the committee did not make any comment in relation to the appointment proceeding.