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LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 1987 - SECT 59B Appointment of Commissioner

This legislation has been repealed.

LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 1987 - SECT 59B

Appointment of Commissioner

59B Appointment of Commissioner

(1) The Governor may, on the recommendation of the Attorney General, appoint a person to be Legal Services Commissioner.
(2) The person so appointed is to be a person who, in the opinion of the Attorney General:
(a) is familiar with the nature of the legal system and legal practice (but need not be a legal practitioner), and
(b) possesses sufficient qualities of independence, fairness and integrity.
(3) The employment of the Commissioner is subject to Part 2A of the Public Sector Management Act 1988 , but is not subject to Part 2 or Part 8 of that Act.
(4) The Commissioner may be appointed for a period of up to 7 years, despite anything to the contrary in section 42F of the Public Sector Management Act 1988 .
(5) The Governor may remove the Commissioner from office only for misbehaviour, incapacity or incompetence, despite anything to the contrary in section 42Q of the Public Sector Management Act 1988 .