Australian Capital Territory
Health Professionals (Veterinary Surgeons Board) Appointment 2014 (No 2)
Notifiable instrument NI2014— 585
made under the
Health Professionals Regulation 2004, section 10 (Appointment of board members)
EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

The ACT Veterinary Surgeons Board (the board) is established by schedule 1 of the Health Professionals Regulation 2004 (the regulation).

Section 10 (1) of the regulation provides that the Minister may appoint a person to be a member of a health profession board.  The Minister for Health has delegated the power to appoint members of the board to the Minister for Territory and Municipal Services, pursuant to section 254A of the Legislation Act 2001.

This instrument appoints Dr Kevin Doyle as an acting member of the board for a period of 6 months, commencing on 14 November 2014.

Section 10 (2) of the regulation provides that the Minister may only appoint a person as a member of a health profession board if that person— 
(a)	is a registered member of a health profession for which the health profession board was established; and
(b)	has been registered for a continuous period of at least 3 years immediately before the day of appointment.

Dr Doyle meets the requirements of section 10 (2).

Section 11 (1) of the regulation provides that before appointing someone other than a community representative to a health profession board the Minister must consult the board.  The Minister has consulted the board on the appointment of Dr Doyle.

Section 228 of the Legislation Act 2001 provides that before making an appointment to a statutory position, a Minister must consult with the relevant standing committee of the Legislative Assembly.  Section 227 of the Legislation Act provides that the consultation requirement in section 228 does not apply to the appointment of a person to, or to act in, a statutory position for not longer than 6 months, unless the appointment is of the person to, or to act in, the position for a second or subsequent consecutive period.  As this is the first appointment of Dr Doyle to act in this position as a member of the board, the Minister is not required to consult with a standing committee on his appointment.

Dr Doyle is not an ACT public servant.