Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

PUBLIC HEALTH ACT 1997 (NO. 69 OF 1997) - SECT 7

(2) The Chief Health Officer shall be—

        (a)     a public servant; and

        (b)     a medical practitioner.

(3) An instrument of appointment is a disallowable instrument for the purposes of section 10 of the Subordinate Laws Act 1989 .

(4) The Minister may, by instrument, suspend the Chief Health Officer from duty on grounds of misbehaviour or physical or mental incapacity, being grounds the particulars of which are stated in the instrument.

(5) An instrument of suspension is a disallowable instrument for the purposes of section 10 of the Subordinate Laws Act 1989 .

(6) Following the suspension of the Chief Health Officer, the Minister may, by instrument, revoke the appointment of the Chief Health Officer if—

        (a)     after the last day on which the instrument of suspension could have been disallowed under the Subordinate Laws Act 1989 , the instrument has not been disallowed; and

        (b)     the Minister is satisfied that the grounds for suspension stated in the instrument of suspension still exist.