Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts(1) The Minister may appoint the members of the CTP premium board.
Note 1 For the making of appointments (including acting appointments), see the Legislation Act, pt 19.3.
Note 2 In particular, a person may be appointed for a particular provision of a law (see Legislation Act, s 7 (3)) and an appointment may be made by naming a person or nominating the occupant of a position (see Legislation Act, s 207).
Note 3 Certain Ministerial appointments require consultation with an Assembly committee and are disallowable (see Legislation Act, div 19.3.3).
(2) The only criteria for deciding whether to appoint a person as a member are—
(a) that the person has the experience or expertise necessary to exercise the functions of a member; and
(b) for the chair—that the person is also a senior lawyer; and
(c) for the government representative, that the person also—
(i) is a public servant; and
(ii) represents the interests of the Territory; and
(d) for a motorist representative—that the person also represents the interests of motorists; and
(e) for a CTP insurer representative—that the person also represents the interests of CTP insurers.
(3) The appointment of a member must be for a term of not longer than 3 years.
(4) The conditions of appointment of a member are the conditions stated in the appointment.
(5) In this section:
"Australian legal practitioner"—see the Legal Profession Act 2006 , section 8.
"senior lawyer" means a lawyer who—
(a) is an Australian legal practitioner; and
(b) has been an Australian legal practitioner for at least 10 years; and
(c) has practised law in the area of personal injury matters for at least 5 years.