Australian Capital Territory
Territory Records Regulation 2009
Subordinate Law SL2009-46

The Australian Capital Territory Executive makes the following regulation under the Territory Records Act 2002.
Dated 15 September 2009.
Jon Stanhope
Minister
Andrew Barr
Minister

Australian Capital Territory
Territory Records Regulation 2009
Subordinate Law SL2009-46
made under the
Territory Records Act 2002

    
    
Contents
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	1	Name of regulation	1
	2	Commencement	1
	3	Dictionary	1
	4	Notes	1
	5	Meaning of principal officer—Act, s 8 (i)	1
Schedule 1	Principal officers	2
Dictionary		4

1	Name of regulation
This regulation is the Territory Records Regulation 2009.
2	Commencement
This regulation commences on the day after its notification day.
Note	The naming and commencement provisions automatically commence on the notification day (see Legislation Act, s 75 (1)).
3	Dictionary
The dictionary at the end of this regulation is part of this regulation.
Note 1	The dictionary at the end of this regulation defines certain terms used in this regulation.
Note 2	A definition in the dictionary applies to the entire regulation unless the definition, or another provision of the regulation, provides otherwise or the contrary intention otherwise appears (see Legislation Act, s 155 and s 156 (1)).
4	Notes
A note included in this regulation is explanatory and is not part of this regulation.
Note	See the Legislation Act, s 127 (1), (4) and (5) for the legal status of notes.
5	Meaning of principal officer—Act, s 8 (i)
The person mentioned in an item in schedule 1, column 3, is declared to be the principal officer for the entity mentioned in the item, column 2.

Schedule 1	Principal officers
(see s 5)

column 1
item	column 2
entity	column 3
principal officer	
1	ACT Ambulance Service	chief executive, Department of Justice and Community Safety	
2	ACT Fire Brigade	chief executive, Department of Justice and Community Safety	
3	ACT Rural Fire Service	chief executive, Department of Justice and Community Safety	
4	ACT State Emergency Service	chief executive, Department of Justice and Community Safety	
5	Australian Capital Territory Electoral Commission (including augmented electoral commission under the Electoral Act 1992)	electoral commissioner	
6	ACT Bushfire Council	chairperson of the council	
7	Domestic Violence Prevention Council (including the Office of Domestic Violence Project Coordinator under the Domestic Violence Agencies Act 1986)	chairperson of the council	
8	Electoral Commissioner	electoral commissioner	
9	ACT Emergency Management Committee	chief executive, Department of Justice and Community Safety	
10	Government Solicitor for the Australian Capital Territory	chief solicitor	
11	Human Rights Commission 	any member of the commission	
12	Independent Competition and Regulatory Commission for the Australian Capital Territory	senior commissioner	
13	Legal Aid Commission (ACT)	chief executive officer	
14	Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions 	director of public prosecutions	
15	Occupational Health and Safety Commissioner	OH&S commissioner	
16	official visitor	an official visitor	
17	Public Advocate	public advocate	
18	Public Trustee for the Australian Capital Territory	public trustee	
19	Registrar-General of the Australian Capital Territory	chief executive, Department of Justice and Community Safety	
20	Sentence Administration Board	chair of the board	
21	Victims Assistance Board	chairperson of the board	
22	Victims of Crime Coordinator	victims of crime coordinator	

Dictionary
(see s 3)
Note 1	The Legislation Act contains definitions and other provisions relevant to this regulation.
Note 2	For example, the Legislation Act, dict, pt 1, defines the following terms:
·	ACT
·	chief executive (see s 163)
·	chief solicitor
·	director of public prosecutions
·	electoral commission
·	electoral commissioner
·	entity
·	human rights commission
·	independent competition and regulatory commission
·	legal aid commission
·	OH&S commissioner
·	person
·	public advocate
·	public trustee
·	registrar-general
·	sentence administration board.
ACT Ambulance Service means the ACT Ambulance Service established under the Emergencies Act 2004, section 40.
ACT Bushfire Council means the ACT Bushfire Council established under the Emergencies Act 2004, section 127.
ACT Emergency Management Committee means the ACT Emergency Management Committee established under the Emergencies Act 2004, section 141.
ACT Fire Brigade means the ACT Fire Brigade established under the Emergencies Act 2004, section 43.
ACT Rural Fire Service means the ACT Rural Fire Service established under the Emergencies Act 2004, section 51.
ACT State Emergency Service means the ACT State Emergency Service established under the Emergencies Act 2004, section 56.
Government Solicitor for the Australian Capital Territory means the Government Solicitor for the Australian Capital Territory established under the Government Solicitor Act 1989, section 5.
official visitor means an official visitor appointed under the Corrections Management Act 2007, section 57.
Victims Assistance Board means the Victims Assistance Board established under the Victims of Crime Regulation 2000, section 5.
Victims of Crime Coordinator means the Victims of Crime Coordinator under the Victims of Crime Act 1994, section14.

Endnotes
1	Notification
	Notified under the Legislation Act on 24 September 2009.
2	Republications of amended laws
	For the latest republication of amended laws, see www.legislation.act.gov.au.

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