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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1997 Week 7 Hansard (26 June) . . Page.. 2281 ..
MR WOOD (continuing):
(b) during any period, or during all periods, when the Coordinator is for any reason unable to perform the functions of the office.
Ã(2) A person appointed to act as the Coordinator during a vacancy in the office of Coordinator shall not so act continuously for more than 12 months.
Ã(3) Anything done by or in relation to a person purporting to act pursuant to an appointment under subsection (1) is not invalid on the ground that Ã
(a) the appointment was ineffective or had ceased to have effect; or
(b) the occasion to act had not arisen or had ceased.
Legal immunity
Ã26J. (1) No action, suit or proceeding lies against a person who is or has been Ã
(a) the Coordinator; or
(b) a person acting under the direction or authority of the Coordinator;
in relation to an act done or omitted to be done in good faith in the performance, or purported performance, of a function of the Coordinator under or in relation to this Act or another law.
Ã(2) Subsection (1) does not affect any liability that the Territory would have, but for that subsection, in respect of the act or omission.[Otilde].Ã.
These amendments do two things. There are nine amendments, but there are only two things as an outcome of them. First of all, they write into the legislation the position of domestic violence project coordinator. Secondly, they specify that that coordinator shall be a member of the Domestic Violence Prevention Council, but that person shall not be the chair of the Domestic Violence Prevention Council. I argued earlier that it seemed to me to be a strange provision that the person who was being used to do some of this groundwork and to do the things that are operational should actually be the chair of the council. It seemed to me to be back to front and I could not understand why that arrangement should be made. That person should be on the council. That will happen, if this amendment is agreed to.
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