Australian Capital Territory
Children and Young People (Death Review Committee) Deputy Chair Appointment 2018 (No 1)
Disallowable instrument DI2018–54
made under the  
Children and Young People Act 2008, Section 727EA (Appointment of deputy chair of the Committee)
EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

Chapter 19A of the Children and Young People Act 2008 (the Act) provides for the establishment of the Children and Young People Death Review Committee (the Committee). Section 727D (1) requires the Minister to appoint between 8 and 10 members to the Committee. Section 727EA states that the Minister must appoint a Deputy Chair of the Committee from the members appointed under section 727D. The Minister has taken all appropriate steps to comply with the Act.
  
This instrument appoints:
 
Mr Eric Chalmers;

as Deputy Chair of the ACT Children and Young People Death Review Committee. The appointment will be until 26 January 2021, to coincide with the period for which Mr Chalmers has been appointed as a member of the Children and Young People Death Review Committee.

The ACT Remuneration Determination 21 of 2017 (Part-time Public Office Holders) has granted a per diem payment of $825 to the Chair of the ACT Children and Young People Death Review Committee. The Deputy Chair will be entitled to this remuneration on the occasions that he acts as Chair and presides over a Committee meeting. 

This Disallowable Instrument is necessary to provide Mr Chalmers with the statutory authority to perform the functions of ACT Children and Young People Death Review Committee Deputy Chair pursuant to the provisions of the Children and Young People Act 2008.