AUSTRALIAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION ACT 1986 - SECT 46B Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner

AUSTRALIAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION ACT 1986 - SECT 46B

  (1)   There is to be an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner, who is to be appointed by the Governor - General.

  (2)   A person must not be appointed under subsection   (1) as the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner unless the Minister is satisfied that:

  (a)   the person has significant experience in community life of Aboriginal persons or Torres Strait Islanders; and

  (b)   the selection of the person for the appointment is the result of a process that:

  (i)   was merit - based; and

  (ii)   included public advertising of the position.

  (3)   Paragraph   (2)(b) does not apply in relation to the reappointment of a person who, immediately before the start of the period of reappointment, holds office as the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner under a previous appointment under subsection   (1).