Australian Capital Territory
Commissioner for the Environment (Acting Commissioner) Appointment 2012 (No 1)
Notifiable instrument NI2012–109
made under the  
Commissioner for the Environment Act 1993, section 4 (Commissioner for the Environment)

1	Name of instrument
This instrument is the Commissioner for the Environment (Acting Commissioner) Appointment 2012 (No 1).
2	Commencement 
This instrument is taken to have commenced on 1 March 2012. 
3	Appointment of Acting Commissioner for the Environment
	I appoint Robert Neil to act as the Commissioner for the Environment (‘the Office’).
4	Expiry of appointment
The appointment of Robert Neil to act as Commissioner for the Environment expires on 30 June 2012. 
5	Remuneration, allowances and other entitlements
Subject to the terms of the Commissioner for the Environment Act 1993, the Acting Commissioner for the Environment shall hold that position for the term of the appointment upon the same conditions as to remuneration, allowances and entitlements as applied on the date of commencement of this instrument of appointment to an Executive in the Australian Capital Territory Public Service having the classification of the level 2.5 and after that date upon the conditions of that classification as varied from time to time (Remuneration).
Except as provided in clause 6, the Remuneration includes any determination by the ACT Remuneration Tribunal and the terms of any executive contract for an office in the public service entered into by the appointee. 
6	Remuneration, allowances and other entitlements determined by the ACT Remuneration Tribunal
If the ACT Remuneration Tribunal determines that the remuneration, allowances and other entitlements for the Acting Commissioner for the Environment are greater than those provided in clause 5, then for the remainder of the period of his appointment to the Office, Robert Neil will receive the remuneration, allowances and other entitlements determined by the ACT Remuneration Tribunal for the Commissioner of the Environment. 
7	Terms of employment
Subject to the terms of the Commissioner for the Environment Act 1993 and this Instrument, Robert Neil will have terms of employment equivalent to those prescribed in the Public Sector Management Act 1994 and Public Sector Management Standards for an executive engaged by contract under the Public Sector Management Act 1994, section 76.

Simon Corbell
Minister for the Environment and Sustainable Development 

29 February 2012