Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

DATA AVAILABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY ACT 2022 - SECT 62

Membership

  (1)   The Council consists of the following members:

  (a)   the Commissioner;

  (b)   the Australian Statistician;

  (c)   the Information Commissioner;

  (d)   the Chief Scientist;

  (e)   at least 5, and no more than 8, other members appointed by the Commissioner (the appointed members ).

Chair

  (2)   The Commissioner may:

  (a)   designate himself or herself as the Chair of the Council; or

  (b)   by written instrument, designate an appointed member to be the Chair for the period specified in the instrument.

  (3)   At any time when a Chair is not designated under subsection   (2), the Council may, by written instrument, designate a Chair itself from among the appointed members for the period specified in the instrument.

  (4)   A Chair may be designated or appointed for a maximum period of 3 years, but may be designated again or appointed again.