Australian Capital Territory
Government Procurement Act 2001 (Non-Public Employee Member) Appointment 2016 (No 1)
Disallowable instrument DI2016–190
made under the  
Government Procurement Act 2001, section12 (appointment of members)
EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

The Government Procurement Act 2001 (the Act) establishes the Government Procurement Board (the Board), with the responsibility for reviewing and giving advice on procurement issues, procurement proposals and activities undertaken by territory entities subject to the Government Procurement Regulation 2007. 

Section 12 of the Act enables the Minister to appoint members and prescribes that a non-public employee member must not be a public employee. Section 13 of the Act prescribes that a member must be appointed for a term of not longer than five years.

In accordance with the Act, the Minister has appointed Richard Bear as a non‑public employee member for a period of three years from the day after notification.

As the appointee is not a public servant the Legislation Act 2001, Division 19.3.3 applies. Under the Legislation Act 2001, section 229 the appointment instrument is a disallowable instrument. 

This appointment has been approved by the Minister for Economic Development, and the Standing Committee on Public Accounts has been consulted in accordance with section 228 of the Legislation Act 2001.