Queensland Consolidated Acts

FAMILY RESPONSIBILITIES COMMISSION ACT 2008 - SECT 51

51 Nomination and appointment of local commissioners for conference

(1) The local commissioners for a conference are to be—

(a) nominated by the local registry coordinator for the welfare reform community area in consultation with the local commissioners appointed for the area; and

(b) appointed by the commissioner.

(2) A person can not be nominated under subsection (1) unless the person has successfully completed the training reasonably required by the Minister to ensure the person can properly perform the person’s duties on the commission.

(3) In nominating or appointing the local commissioners for a conference, the local registry coordinator and commissioner must—

(a) if the person the subject of the conference is an Aboriginal person or a Torres Strait Islander—consider whether the nominees or appointees are appropriate, having regard to the clan or family group to which the person belongs; and

(b) having regard to the matter to which the agency notice relates, consider whether the local commissioners should be male or female; and

(c) if practicable and appropriate in the circumstances, ensure that 1 of the local commissioners is female.