Queensland Consolidated Acts

CRIME AND CORRUPTION ACT 2001 - SECT 247

247 Duration of appointment

(1) A senior officer holds office for the term, not longer than 5 years, stated in the person’s contract of employment.

(2) A person appointed as a senior officer may be appointed for a further term if the commission considers that—

(a) the person’s performance as a senior officer has been of the highest standard; and

(b) the person is likely to continue to contribute at a high standard to the commission’s performance.

(3) However, subject to subsection (3A) , a senior officer must not hold office in the commission as a senior officer for more than 10 years in total.

Example—

A person held office as a senior officer for 7 years, comprising an appointment for an initial term of 5 years and a reappointment for a further term of 2 years. The person may be reappointed as a senior officer for a further term of 3 years. However, the person must not continue in, or be reappointed to, the office at the end of that 3-year term, unless the reappointment is made under subsection (3A) .

(3A) A senior officer who has held office in the commission as a senior officer for 10 years in total may be reappointed for a further term if the reappointment—

(a) is necessary for the efficient operation of the commission; and

(b) does not result in the person holding office in the commission as a senior officer for more than 15 years in total.

Example—

A person has held office in the commission for 10 years as a senior officer. At the end of 10-year period, the person may be reappointed as a senior officer for a further term of not more than 5 years.

(3B) Any time a person held office in the commission as a senior officer before the commencement of this subsection must be included in working out the number of years under subsection (3) or (3A) .

(3C) For subsections (3) to (3B) , any time a person held office in the commission as an assistant commissioner under this Act before the commencement of this subsection is taken to be time held by the person in office in the commission as a senior officer.

(4) Subsections (3) to (3C) have effect despite the Acts Interpretation Act 1954 , section 25 (1) (c) .

(5) In this section—

"senior officer" means a senior officer whose principal duties relate directly to the performance of the commission’s prevention, crime, corruption, research or intelligence functions or the giving of legal advice to the commission, but does not include a senior officer whose duties support the commission’s functions.

Examples of senior officers whose duties support the commission’s functions—

• an officer whose principal duties relate to information technology matters

• an officer whose principal duties relate to financial matters

• an officer whose principal duties relate to human resource management matters