Right to Information Act 2009

A person may be appointed as information 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;

the Minister has obtained the parliamentary committee’s approval for the appointment of the person as the information commissioner.

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

is taken to have approved the appointment of the person as the information commissioner if the committee does not notify the

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

Subsection (1)(a) and (b) does not apply to the reappointment of a person as information commissioner.