CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ACT 2008 - SECT 727D Appointment of committee members
CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ACT 2008 - SECT 727D
Appointment of committee members(1) The Minister must appoint at least 8, but not more than 10, members to the CYP death review committee.
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 Minister may appoint a person as a member of the committee only if satisfied that the person—
(a) has qualifications, experience or expertise in 1 or more of the following:
(i) psychology;
(ii) paediatrics;
(iii) epidemiology;
(iv) child forensic medicine;
(v) public health administration;
(vi) education;
(vii) engineering and child safety products or systems;
(viii) working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and young people;
(ix) social work;
(x) investigations;
(xi) mental health;
(xii) child protection; or
(b) has other qualifications, experience or expertise, or membership of an organisation, relevant to exercising the functions of a committee member; or
(c) is a police officer with experience in working with children and young people and families.
(3) The Minister must ensure that the committee membership represents a diversity of experience and expertise from the different areas mentioned in subsection (2).
(4) The Minister must not appoint someone to the committee under this section unless satisfied that the person is suitable to be a member of the committee.
(5) In considering whether someone is suitable to be a member of the committee, the Minister—
(a) must consider relevant information mentioned in section 65 (1), definition of "suitability information", paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) about the person; and
(b) may consider other suitability information about the person.
(6) The appointment of a member under this section is for not longer than 3 years.
(7) The conditions of appointment of a member under this section are the conditions stated in the appointment, subject to any determination under the Remuneration Tribunal Act 1995
.