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INFORMATION PRIVACY ACT 2009 - SECT 145 Procedure before appointment

INFORMATION PRIVACY ACT 2009 - SECT 145

Procedure before appointment

145 Procedure before appointment

(1) A person may be appointed as privacy commissioner only if—
(a) the Minister has placed press advertisements nationally calling for applications from suitably qualified persons to be considered for appointment; and
(b) the Minister has consulted with the parliamentary committee about—
(i) the process of selection for appointment; and
(ii) the appointment of the person as privacy commissioner.
(2) Subsection (1) (a) and (b) (i) does not apply to the reappointment of a person as privacy commissioner.