ACT Teacher Quality Institute Appointment 2014 
(No 1)
Disallowable instrument DI2014–27
made under the  
ACT Teacher Quality Institute Act 2010, Division 3.2, sections 14 and 15 
and Financial Management Act 1996 section 78.
EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

The ACT Teacher Quality Institute Act 2010 (the Act) governs the establishment, functions and membership of the ACT Teacher Quality Institute.

Section 15 of the Act deals with the appointment of members and requires such appointments to be made by the Minister.

The vacancy has arisen with the resignation in December 2012 of Mr Phillip Heath as the member on the Institute board nominated by the Association of Independent Schools of the ACT.

This instrument appoints Ms Anne Coutts to fill the vacancy on the board for a period of three years from the day after notification. Ms Coutts is the Principal of Canberra Girls’ Grammar School and has the qualifications and expertise relevant to the functions of the Institute Board. Ms Coutts is appointed under section 15(2)(d).

The appointee is not a public servant and the determination is a Disallowable Instrument for the purpose for the purpose of division 19.3.3 of the Legislation Act 2001.

The Legislative Assembly Standing Committee on Education, Training and Youth Affairs was consulted and has no objections to the appointment.