South Australian Numbered Acts South Australian Numbered Acts58—Amendment of section 98—Appointment procedures
(1) Section 98(3)—delete "in a newspaper circulating throughout the State" and substitute:
on a website determined by the council
(2) Section 98—after subsection (4) insert:
(4a) The council must ensure that either or both of the following applies to the process for appointing a chief executive officer under this section:
(a) the council appoints at least 1 person who is not a member or employee of the council to the selection panel;
(b) before making the appointment to the office of chief executive officer, the council obtains and considers the advice of a qualified independent person on the assessment of applications and recommendations on the appointment under subsection (4) (and that advice may include recommendations to the council on the appointment).
(3) Section 98—after subsection (6) insert:
(7) In this section—
"qualified independent person" means a person who is—
(a) not a member or employee of the council; and
(b) determined by the council to have appropriate qualifications or experience in human resource management.