PENALTIES AND SENTENCES ACT 1992 - SECT 201 Appointment of members

PENALTIES AND SENTENCES ACT 1992 - SECT 201

201 Appointment of members

(1) The council consists of not more than 12 members appointed by the Governor in Council, by gazette notice, on the recommendation of the Attorney-General.

(2) At least 1 member of the council must be an Aboriginal person or Torres Strait Islander.

(3) In recommending a person to the Governor in Council, the Attorney-General must be satisfied the person has expertise or experience relevant to the functions of the council, including, for example, in relation to the following—

(a) victims of crime;

(b) justice matters relating to Aboriginal people or Torres Strait Islanders;

(c) justice matters relating to domestic and family violence;

(d) vulnerable persons facing the criminal justice system;

Examples of vulnerable persons—

• persons who have a mental illness

• persons who have an intellectual or other disability

• persons who have a substance abuse problem

• homeless persons

(e) law enforcement;

(f) crime prevention;

(g) criminal prosecutions;

(h) criminal defence representation;

(i) civil liberties;

(j) corrective services, including offender rehabilitation;

(k) juvenile justice matters;

(l) criminal justice policy;

(m) criminal law, including sentencing;

(n) criminology.

(4) In this section—


"corrective services" see the Corrective Services Act 2006 , schedule 4 .