INDEPENDENT BROAD-BASED ANTI-CORRUPTION COMMISSION ACT 2011 - SECT 20 Appointment of the Commissioner

INDEPENDENT BROAD-BASED ANTI-CORRUPTION COMMISSION ACT 2011 - SECT 20

    (1)     Subject to section 21, the Governor in Council on the recommendation of the Minister may by instrument appoint an eligible person to be the Commissioner.

    (2)     A person is an eligible person if he or she—

        (a)     is or has been, or is qualified for appointment as, a judge of—

              (i)     the High Court; or

              (ii)     the Federal Court; or

              (iii)     the Supreme Court of Victoria or another State or a Territory;

        (b)     is not a member of the Parliament of Victoria or of the Commonwealth or of another State or a Territory.

    (3)     A person holding a judicial office immediately before being appointed to be the Commissioner must cease to hold that judicial office upon being appointed to be the Commissioner.