10APublic hearings about government service provision

10A Public hearings about government service provision (1) In exercising its functions under section 8 (g) and (h), ATSIEB must hold at least 2 public hearings during each ATSIEB term. (2) The purpose of a public hearing under subsection (1) is to obtain information about— (a) the effectiveness and accessibility of programs and services conducted by government agencies for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people living in the ACT; and (b) the accessibility by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people living in the ACT to programs and services conducted by government agencies for the general public. (3) The executive officer of a government agency must— (a) attend a public hearing if requested by ATSIEB; and (b) provide information and answer questions from ATSIEB in relation to the matters in subsection (2). (4) ATSIEB may conduct proceedings at a public hearing as it considers appropriate. (5) However, at least 4 ATSIEB members must be present at a public hearing.

Section 10AA page 8 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Elected Body 10AA Broadcasting of public hearings (1) The Territory may enter into an agreement with a suitably qualified and experienced person (the broadcaster), for the person to provide a broadcasting service in relation to a public hearing of ATSIEB. (2) The broadcaster may broadcast, or record for broadcast, all or part of a public hearing of ATSIEB in accordance with the terms of the agreement. (3) The broadcaster is not civilly liable for conduct engaged in honestly and without recklessness— (a) in the exercise of a function under subsection (2); or (b) in the reasonable belief that the conduct was in the exercise of a function under subsection (2). (4) Any liability that would, apart from this section, attach to the broadcaster attaches instead to the Territory. (5) An agreement must be entered into for the Territory by the director-general. (6) In this section: broadcast—see the Legislative Assembly (Broadcasting) Act 2001, dictionary. conduct means an act or omission to do an act. record, a public hearing of ATSIEB, means make a sound or visual recording of the hearing.