ATSIEB to develop consultation plan

Current

(1)

ATSIEB must, within 6 months of the commencement of each ATSIEB term, develop a plan for how it will consult Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people living in the ACT (a community consultation plan).

(2)

The community consultation plan must—

(a)

cover the ATSIEB term; and

(b)

include a description of the grounds relevant to a determination by ATSIEB that a person has a traditional connection to the ACT region for section 9 (1) (a) (iii); and

(c)

maximise the participation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people living in the ACT by providing reasonable opportunities to participate in each consultation.

Examples—reasonable opportunities to maximise participation

 providing more than 1 form of consultative mechanism such as forums, face‑to-face meetings, online surveys, inviting written submissions

 giving advance notice of consultation events

 holding face-to face events at accessible locations

(3)

ATSIEB must take reasonable steps to tell Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people living in the ACT about the community consultation plan.

Examples—reasonable steps

 notice posted on an ATSIEB website

 notice sent on an email network

 advertisements in local and Indigenous newspapers

This Act’s bill:Explanatory statement Second reading speech

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