Australian Capital Territory

Cemeteries and Crematoria (ACT Public
Cemeteries Authority Governing Board)
Appointment 2015 (No 1)

Disallowable instrument DI2015-221

made under the

Cemeteries and Crematoria Act 2003, section 29 (Establishment of governing board) (see Financial Management Act 1996, s78 and 79) and section 29A (Governing board members) 

EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

This instrument is made under Section 29 and 29A of the Cemeteries and Crematoria Act 2003 (the Act) and Section 78 and 79 of the Financial Management Act 1996.

The ACT Public Cemeteries Authority (Cemeteries Authority) has a governing board.
The functions of the Cemeteries Authority are to effectively and efficiently manage public cemeteries and crematoria for which the authority has been appointed as the operator by the Minister.

This instrument appoints five members to the Cemeteries Authority governing board, all but two (John Kalokerinos and Jayanti Gupta) of whom are not public service employees. In the Minister’s opinion, all appointees represent the general community and religious denominations.

The appointments are for 1 year commencing 2 August 2015. Four of these appointees have not served before on the Cemeteries Authority governing board.