Official Visitor Act 2012

The official visitors board is made up of—

the public trustee and guardian; and

at least 1 commissioner under the Human Rights Commission Act 2005 nominated by the commissioners under that Act; and

2 official visitors elected by the official visitors; and

any other members appointed by the Minister under subsection (2).

The Minister—

must appoint the chair of the board; and

may appoint other members of the board as the Minister considers appropriate.

Note 1 For the making of appointments (including acting appointments), see the Legislation Act, pt 19.3.

Note 2 In particular, a person may be appointed for a particular provision of a law (see Legislation Act, s 7 (3)) and an appointment may be made by naming a person or nominating the occupant of a position (see Legislation Act, s 207).

Note 3 Certain Ministerial appointments require consultation with an Assembly committee and are disallowable (see Legislation Act, div 19.3.3).

The Minister may determine procedures for subsection (1) (c).

A determination is a notifiable instrument.