Queensland Consolidated Acts

ELECTORAL ACT 1992 - SECT 6

6 Establishment of Electoral Commission of Queensland etc.

(1) A commission called the Electoral Commission of Queensland is established.

(2) When the commission is performing its functions under part 3 , the commission consists of the following commissioners—

(a) the chairperson;

(b) the electoral commissioner;

(c) 1 other commissioner.

(3) When the commission is performing its functions other than its functions under part 3 , the commission consists solely of the electoral commissioner.

(4) The chairperson and the nonjudicial appointee—

(a) are to be appointed by the Governor in Council; and

(b) hold office on a part-time basis.

(5) The person appointed as chairperson must—

(a) be a judge or former judge of a court of the Commonwealth or a State or Territory; and

(b) have been a judge for at least 3 years.

(6) A person appointed as the nonjudicial appointee must be—

(a) the chief executive of a department; or

(b) the holder of an office established by or under an Act that the Governor in Council considers to be equivalent to the chief executive of a department.

(7) A person may be appointed as the chairperson or nonjudicial appointee only if the Minister has consulted—

(a) with each member of the Legislative Assembly recognised as the leader of a political party represented in the Assembly about the proposed appointment; and

(b) with the parliamentary committee about—

(i) the process of selection for appointment; and

(ii) the appointment of the person as the chairperson or nonjudicial appointee.