SENTENCING ACT 1989 - SECT 45 Composition of the Board

This legislation has been repealed.

SENTENCING ACT 1989 - SECT 45

45 Composition of the Board

(1) The Board is to consist of:

(a) at least 7, but not more than 19, members appointed by the Governor, and

(b) 2 ex-officio members, one being a police officer nominated by the Commissioner of Police and one being an officer of the Probation and Parole Service nominated by the Commissioner of Corrective Services.

(2) Of the appointed members:

(a) 3 are to be judicially qualified persons, and

(b) the remainder are to reflect as closely as possible the composition of the community at large.

(3) For the purposes of subsection (2) (a), "judicially qualified persons" are:

(a) Judges or retired Judges of a New South Wales Court or the Federal Court, or

(b) Magistrates or retired Magistrates, or

(c) persons qualified to be appointed as a Judge of a New South Wales Court.

(4) For the purposes of any meeting of the Board, not more than 4 members referred to in subsection (2) (b) may attend for the purposes of constituting the Board. If there are more than 4 of those members at any particular time, the members who may so attend a particular meeting are to be determined in accordance with arrangements approved by the Chairperson of the Board.