Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00141:section:254
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00141
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 254
Character Range: 309869–311164

254  Qualification for appointment
 (1) A person is not to be appointed as an appointed member unless the person:
 (a) has an extensive knowledge of administrative law or public administration; or
 (b) has extensive experience providing legal services related to administrative law; or
 (c) has direct experience, and has direct knowledge, of the needs of people, or groups of people, significantly affected by government decisions; or
 (d) is an official of a Commonwealth entity who:
 (i) is an Agency Head (within the meaning of the Public Service Act 1999); or
 (ii) is an SES employee; or
 (iii) holds a position that is equivalent to, or higher than, a position occupied by an SES employee.
Note: The expression SES employee is defined in section 2B of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901.
 (2) Before a person is appointed as an appointed member, the Minister must:
 (a) take into account the need for a diversity of skills, expertise, experience and knowledge within the Council; and
 (b) be satisfied that:
 (i) there will be at least 2 appointed members who were not officials of a Commonwealth entity immediately before their appointment; and
 (ii) there will be at least one appointed member of the kind mentioned in subparagraph (i) who is qualified as mentioned in paragraph (1)(c).