Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

SPECIAL BROADCASTING SERVICE ACT 1991 - SECT 43B

  (1)   If:

  (a)   the Nomination Panel gives the Minister a report under paragraph   43(1)(d) in relation to the appointment of a non - executive Director referred to in paragraph   8(aa) or (b); and

  (b)   the Minister considers that a person not nominated by the Nomination Panel should be appointed;

the Minister must give the Prime Minister a written notice that:

  (c)   specifies the name of that person; and

  (d)   sets out the Minister's reasons for preferring that person.

  (2)   If that person is so appointed, the Minister must table the reasons for that appointment in each House of the Parliament no later than 15 sitting days of that House after that appointment is made. Those reasons must include an assessment of that person against the selection criteria.