26Appointment of chief planner

26 Appointment of chief planner (1) The Executive must appoint a person as the Chief Planner. (2) The Executive must not appoint a person as the chief planner unless satisfied that the person— (a) has the management and planning experience and expertise to exercise the functions of the chief planner; and (i) has qualifications that are appropriate to exercise the functions of the chief planner; or (ii) is eligible to be registered with a representative body. (3) An appointment must be for a term of not longer than 5 years. (4) An appointment is a notifiable instrument. Note For laws about appointments, see the Legislation Act, pt 19.3. representative body means an entity that has as a main purpose the promotion of the interests of professionals with qualifications that are appropriate to exercise the functions of the chief planner.