Australian Capital Territory
Official Visitor (Corrections Management) Appointment 2013 (No 1)
Disallowable instrument DI2013–313
made under the  
Official Visitor Act 2012, section 10 (Appointment)
EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

The Official Visitor Act 2012, section 10, requires the appointment of at least two people as official visitors for the Corrections Management Act 2007, including one official visitor who is an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander person.  An Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander person is a person who is a descendant of, identifies as, or is accepted by the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community as an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander person.

An official visitor’s functions are set out in the Official Visitor Act, section 14, including that an official visitor visits visitable places, considers and receives complaints from entitled people and reports to the operational minister, in this case being the Minister for Corrections.  A person may only be appointed as an official visitor if the person has suitable qualifications or experience to exercise the functions of an official visitor for the operational Act (the Corrections Management Act).

An official visitor’s appointment is a part-time appointment paid a per diem rate according to determination of the ACT Remuneration Tribunal.