Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2012A00112:clause:1_24
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2012A00112
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 24
Character Range: 24231–26087

24  After subsection 17(2)
Insert:
 (2A) The following persons are not eligible for appointment as a non‑executive Director referred to in paragraph 8(aa) or (b):
 (a) a member or former member of the Parliament of the Commonwealth;
 (b) a member or former member of the Parliament of a State, of the Legislative Assembly for the Australian Capital Territory or of the Legislative Assembly of the Northern Territory;
 (c) a person who is or was a senior political staff member (within the meaning of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation Act 1983).
 (2AA) However, so far as subsection (2A) relates to a person who:
 (a) is a former member of a Parliament or a Legislative Assembly referred to in that subsection; or
 (b) was a senior political staff member (within the meaning of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation Act 1983);
that subsection applies only for the period of 12 months beginning on the day the person ceased to be a member of that Parliament or that Legislative Assembly or a senior political staff member (within the meaning of that Act).
 (2AB) A person who:
 (a) is a former member of a Parliament or a Legislative Assembly referred to in subsection (2A); or
 (b) was a senior political staff member (within the meaning of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation Act 1983);
must not be appointed as a non‑executive Director referred to in paragraph 8(aa) or (b) unless, in accordance with Part 3A, the Nomination Panel has nominated the person for the appointment.
 (2B) Subject to subsection (2C), a person must not be appointed as a non‑executive Director referred to in paragraph 8(aa) or (b) unless Part 3A is complied with.
 (2C) The Minister may recommend to the Governor‑General that a particular person be re‑appointed as a non‑executive Director referred to in paragraph 8(aa) or (b) without Part 3A being complied with.