ELECTORAL ACT 1992 - SECT 6
Establishment of Electoral Commission of Queensland etc.
ELECTORAL ACT 1992 - SECT 6
Establishment of Electoral Commission of Queensland etc.
6 Establishment of Electoral Commission of Queensland etc.
(1) A commission called the Electoral Commission of Queensland is established.
(2) When the commission is performing its functions under part 3 , the
commission consists of the following commissioners—
(a) the chairperson;
(b) the electoral commissioner;
(c) 1 other commissioner.
(3) When the
commission is performing its functions other than its functions under part 3 ,
the commission consists solely of the electoral commissioner.
(4) The
chairperson and the nonjudicial appointee—
(a) are to be appointed by the
Governor in Council; and
(b) hold office on a part-time basis.
(5) The
person appointed as chairperson must—
(a) be a judge or former judge of a
court of the Commonwealth or a State or Territory; and
(b) have been a judge
for at least 3 years.
(6) A person appointed as the nonjudicial appointee
must be—
(a) the chief executive of a department; or
(b) the holder of an
office established by or under an Act that the Governor in Council considers
to be equivalent to the chief executive of a department.
(7) A person may be
appointed as the chairperson or nonjudicial appointee only if the Minister has
consulted—
(a) with each member of the Legislative Assembly recognised as
the leader of a political party represented in the Assembly about the proposed
appointment; and
(b) with the parliamentary committee about—
(i) the
process of selection for appointment; and
(ii) the appointment of the person
as the chairperson or nonjudicial appointee.