Australian Capital Territory Numbered Regulations

VICTIMS OF CRIME REGULATIONS 2000 (2000 NO 51) - REG 8

(1)      The Minister must appoint as members—

        (a)     a representative of each of the following:

              (i)     the DPP (the DPP member );

              (ii)     the Australian Federal Police (the AFP member );

              (iii)     ACT courts (the courts member );

              (iv)     the administrative unit allocated responsibility for the administration of justice (the justice member );

              (v)     the administrative unit allocated responsibility for the administration of health and community care (the health member ); and

        (b)     a person who, in the Minister's opinion, represents the interests of the indigenous communities (the indigenous member ); and

        (c)     a person who, in the Minister's opinion, represents the interests of other persons of non-English speaking background (the migrant member ); and

        (d)     a person who is a lawyer (the legal profession member ); and

        (e)     a person who, in the Minister's opinion, represents the interests of health professions (other than a doctor or dentist) (the health professions member ); and

        (f)     a person who, in the Minister's opinion, represents the interests of victims services groups (the victims groups member ); and

        (g)     a psychiatrist or psychologist who, in the Minister's opinion, has experience in dealing with victims (the psychiatrist/psychologist member ).

(2)      The courts member must be the registrar or a deputy registrar of the Supreme Court or the Magistrates Court.

(3)      A member must be employed, practise, or live, in the Territory.

(4)      The Minister must not appoint a public servant as a member mentioned in paragraphs (1) (b) to (g).

Note 1     A person may be reappointed to a position if the person is eligible for appointment to the position (see Interpretation Act 1967 , par 28 (3) (c) and dict, def of "appoint", as applied by the Subordinate Laws Act 1989 , s 9).

Note 2     The power to appoint a person to a position includes power to appoint a person to act in the position (see Interpretation Act 1967 , ss 28 (4)-(6) and s 28A as applied by the Subordinate Laws Act 1989 , s 9).