Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission Bill 2026
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194 Membership5 (1) The Committee consists of the following members:6 (a) a representative of the ACIC, who is to be the Chair of the7 Committee;8 (b) a representative of the Australian Federal Police;9 (c) a representative of the police force or police service of each10 State, of the Australian Capital Territory and of the Northern11 Territory;12 (d) a representative of the Department.13 Chair14 (2) The Chair is to be appointed by the Director-General by written15 instrument. The person appointed may be the Director-General.16 Note: The Director-General may revoke an appointment: see17 subsection 33(3) of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901.18 Other Committee members19 (3) A Committee member other than the Chair:20 (a) must be a person who has been nominated, in writing, by the21 head (however described) of the body the person is22 representing; and23 (b) is to be appointed by the Chair, by written instrument,24 following nomination by the relevant body.25 Note: The Chair may revoke an appointment: see subsection 33(3) of the26 Acts Interpretation Act 1901.27
National Policing Information Committee Division 5 No. , 2026 Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission Bill 2026 205 Substitute members1 (4) If a Committee member is unable to be present at a meeting of the2 Committee, the body the Committee member is representing may3 nominate, in writing, another person to attend the meeting in the4 place of the Committee member.5 Note: The Chair is a Committee member: see the definition of Committee6 member in section 7. This means the ACIC may, under this7 subsection, nominate another person to attend a meeting of the8 Committee in the place of the Chair.9 (5) A person nominated under subsection (4) to attend a meeting of the10 Committee in the place of a Committee member has, and may11 exercise, at that meeting all the rights of that Committee member.12 (6) If the Committee proposes to make a decision without meeting (see13 subsection 203(1)) and a Committee member is unable to indicate14 agreement or disagreement with the proposed decision, the body15 the Committee member is representing may nominate, in writing,16 another person to indicate agreement or disagreement with the17 proposed decision.18 Note: The Chair is a Committee member: see the definition of Committee19 member in section 7. This means the ACIC may, under this20 subsection, nominate another person to indicate agreement or21 disagreement with the proposed decision in the place of the Chair.22 (7) A person nominated under subsection (6) to indicate agreement or23 disagreement with the proposed decision in the place of a24 Committee member has, and may exercise, all the rights of that25 Committee member in relation to that decision.26 Other matters27 (8) The office of a Committee member is not a public office within the28 meaning of the Remuneration Tribunal Act 1973.29