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This is a Bill, not an Act. For current law, see the Acts databases.
House of Assembly—No 65
As laid on the table and read a first time, 24 November 2004
South Australia
Acts
Interpretation (Gender Balance) Amendment Bill 2004
A Bill For
An Act to amend the Acts Interpretation Act 1915.
Contents
Part 1—Preliminary
1 Short title
2 Commencement
3 Amendment provisions
Part 2—Amendment of Acts
Interpretation Act 1915
4 Insertion of section 36A
36A Gender balance
in nomination of persons for appointment to statutory bodies
The Parliament of South Australia enacts
as follows:
This Act may be cited as the Acts Interpretation (Gender
Balance) Amendment Act 2004.
This Act will come into operation on a day to be fixed by
proclamation.
In this Act, a provision under a heading referring to the
amendment of a specified Act amends the Act so specified.
Part 2—Amendment of Acts Interpretation Act 1915
After section 36 insert:
36A—Gender
balance in nomination of persons for appointment to statutory bodies
(1) This
section applies if an Act provides for a member of a body to be appointed by
the Governor or a Minister on the nomination of a non-government entity.
(2) If the Act provides for the non-government
entity to nominate a panel of persons from which the Governor or Minister is to
select a person for appointment, the Act will be taken to provide that the
panel—
(a) must include at least 1 woman and 1 man; and
(b) must, as far as practicable, be comprised of equal numbers
of women and men.
(3) If the Act does not provide for the
non-government entity to nominate a panel of persons from which the Governor or
Minister is to select a person for appointment, the Act will be taken to
provide that—
(a) the
non-government entity must nominate a panel of persons comprised of not less
than twice the number of members of the body to be appointed on the nomination
of the entity plus one; and
(b) the panel—
(i) must include at
least 1 woman and 1 man; and
(ii) must, as far as practicable, be comprised of equal numbers
of women and men; and
(c) the Governor or Minister must select the person for
appointment from the panel.
(4) In this section—
non-government entity means a person or body other than an officer, agency or instrumentality (including a Minister) of the Crown in right of the State or the Commonwealth or another State or a Territory of the Commonwealth.