Commonwealth Numbered Acts

DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION ACT 1992 No. 135 of 1992 - SECT 77

77.(1) The Minister may appoint a person or persons to participate, in
accordance with this section, in the performance of the functions of the
Commission.

(2) A person who holds an appointment under subsection (1) may, at the request
of the President, participate in the holding of an inquiry under this Division
as if the person were a member of the Commission and, for the purposes of the
application of this Act in relation to the inquiry, the person is taken to be
a member of the Commission.

(3) A person appointed under subsection (1):

   (a)  holds the appointment for such period, not exceeding 5 years, as is
        specified in the instrument of the person's appointment, but is
        eligible for re-appointment; and

   (b)  may resign the appointment by writing signed by the person and given
        to the Minister.

(4) The Minister may:

   (a)  determine the terms and conditions of appointment, including
        remuneration, of a person appointed under subsection (1); and

   (b)  at any time terminate such an appointment.

(5) The Minister may, for the purpose of appointing under subsection (1) a
person who is the holder of a judicial office of a State, enter into such
arrangement with the appropriate Minister of the State as is necessary to
secure that person's services.

(6) An arrangement under subsection (5) may provide for the Commonwealth to
reimburse a State with respect to the services of the person to whom the
arrangement relates.

(7) The appointment under subsection (1) of the holder of a Commonwealth
office, or service by the holder of a Commonwealth office under such an
appointment, does not affect the person's tenure of that Commonwealth office
or the person's rank, title, status, precedence, salary, annual leave or other
allowances or other rights or privileges as the holder of that office and, for
all purposes, the person's service under such an appointment is taken to be
service as the holder of that office.

(8) In this section:

"Commonwealth office" means:

   (a)  an office or Judge of a court created by the Parliament; or

   (b)  an office the holder of which has, because of holding that office, the
        same status as a Judge of a court created by the Parliament.