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AUSTRALIAN INFORMATION COMMISSIONER ACT 2010 - SECT 14 Appointment

AUSTRALIAN INFORMATION COMMISSIONER ACT 2010 - SECT 14

Appointment

Appointment of the Australian Information Commissioner

  (1)   The Australian Information Commissioner is to be appointed by the Governor - General by written instrument.

Note:   The Australian Information Commissioner is referred to in this and other Acts as the Information Commissioner (see sections   3 and 3A).

Appointment of the Freedom of Information Commissioner

  (2)   The Freedom of Information Commissioner is to be appointed by the Governor - General by written instrument.

  (3)   A person may only be appointed as the Freedom of Information Commissioner if he or she has obtained a degree from a university, or an educational qualification of a similar standing, after studies in the field of law.

Appointment of the Privacy Commissioner

  (4)   The Privacy Commissioner is to be appointed by the Governor - General by written instrument.

Note:   The information officers are all eligible for reappointment: see section   33AA of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 .