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Integrity Act 2009
sec.74Procedure before appointment
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### sec.74 Procedure before appointment
A person may be appointed as integrity commissioner only if—
the Minister has placed press advertisements nationally calling for applications from suitably qualified persons to be considered for appointment; and
the person has been selected for appointment in accordance with a process for selection approved by the parliamentary committee; and
the Minister has obtained the parliamentary committee’s approval for the appointment of the person as the integrity commissioner.
A person is suitably qualified for appointment as the integrity commissioner if the person has knowledge, experience, personal qualities and standing within the community suitable to the office.
For subsection (1) (c) , the parliamentary committee—
must decide to give or not give the approval within 20 business days after receiving the request for the approval from the Minister (the original period ) or within the further period agreed under subsection (4) ; and
is taken to have approved the appointment of the person as the integrity commissioner if the committee does not notify the Minister of its decision under paragraph (a) within the period stated in that paragraph.
The Minister and chair of the parliamentary committee may, before the end of the original period, agree to extend the original period by a further period of not more than 20 business days.
Subsection (1) (a) and (b) does not apply to the reappointment of a person as integrity commissioner.
s 74 amd 2024 No. 3 s 37
(sec.74-ssec.1) A person may be appointed as integrity commissioner only if— the Minister has placed press advertisements nationally calling for applications from suitably qualified persons to be considered for appointment; and the person has been selected for appointment in accordance with a process for selection approved by the parliamentary committee; and the Minister has obtained the parliamentary committee’s approval for the appointment of the person as the integrity commissioner.
(sec.74-ssec.2) A person is suitably qualified for appointment as the integrity commissioner if the person has knowledge, experience, personal qualities and standing within the community suitable to the office.
(sec.74-ssec.3) For subsection (1) (c) , the parliamentary committee— must decide to give or not give the approval within 20 business days after receiving the request for the approval from the Minister (the original period ) or within the further period agreed under subsection (4) ; and is taken to have approved the appointment of the person as the integrity commissioner if the committee does not notify the Minister of its decision under paragraph (a) within the period stated in that paragraph.
(sec.74-ssec.4) The Minister and chair of the parliamentary committee may, before the end of the original period, agree to extend the original period by a further period of not more than 20 business days.
(sec.74-ssec.5) Subsection (1) (a) and (b) does not apply to the reappointment of a person as integrity commissioner.
- (a) the Minister has placed press advertisements nationally calling for applications from suitably qualified persons to be considered for appointment; and
- (b) the person has been selected for appointment in accordance with a process for selection approved by the parliamentary committee; and
- (c) the Minister has obtained the parliamentary committee’s approval for the appointment of the person as the integrity commissioner.
- (a) must decide to give or not give the approval within 20 business days after receiving the request for the approval from the Minister (the original period ) or within the further period agreed under subsection (4) ; and
- (b) is taken to have approved the appointment of the person as the integrity commissioner if the committee does not notify the Minister of its decision under paragraph (a) within the period stated in that paragraph.