Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts(1) The advisory panel consists of 3 or more members appointed by the Minister.
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 s 207).
Note 3 Certain Ministerial appointments require consultation with an Assembly committee and are disallowable (see Legislation Act, div 19.3.3).
(2) A member must be appointed to the advisory panel for a term of at least 1 year and not longer than 2 years.
(3) The Minister must not appoint a person to the advisory panel unless the person has extensive experience in 1 or more of the following fields:
(a) arboriculture;
(b) forestry;
(c) horticulture;
(d) landscape architecture;
(e) natural and cultural heritage.
(4) The panel must include—
(a) 1 or more members with extensive experience in arboriculture or forestry; and
(b) members who between them include people with extensive experience in 2 or more of the fields mentioned in subsection (3).