Family Responsibilities Commission Act 2008

This section applies for selecting persons for recommendation to the Governor in Council for appointment as local commissioners for a welfare reform community area.

The Minister must ask the community justice group for the area, or if there is no community justice group for the area, as many relevant community groups for the area as the Minister considers appropriate, to nominate persons the group or groups consider suitable for appointment as local commissioners for the area.

In nominating a person under this section, a community justice group or relevant community group—

must have regard to the matters mentioned in section 18 about a person’s eligibility for appointment as a local commissioner; and

must give the Minister a notice stating the group is satisfied the person is a suitable person to perform the duties of a local commissioner.

A person nominated by a community justice group or relevant community group may, but need not be, a member of the group.

If the Minister considers not enough eligible persons are nominated for appointment as local commissioners for a welfare reform community area, the Minister may nominate persons the Minister considers suitable for appointment.

In selecting persons for recommendation to the Governor in Council for appointment as local commissioners for a welfare reform community area, the Minister must—

if practicable—

ensure the local commissioners for the area represent the clan or family groups in the area; and

subject to subsection (5), only select persons nominated by a community justice group or relevant community group; and

have regard to the need to have both male and female local commissioners for conferences.