Tax Agent Services (Tax Practitioners Board Acting Chair) Appointment (No. 1) 2023

Tax Agent Services (Tax Practitioners Board Acting Chair) Appointment (No. 1) 2023

I, Stephen Jones, Assistant Treasurer and Minister for Financial Services, under subsection 60-67(1) of the Tax Agent Services Act 2009 (the Act) and subsection 33A(1) of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901:

(a)    appoint Peter de Cure AM as the acting Chair of the Tax Practitioners Board, on a part‑time basis, for the period beginning on 18 May 2023 until the earlier of:

(i)     17 August 2023; or

(ii)   an appointment of a Chair under subsection 60-25(2) of the Act takes effect; and

(b)    determine that, during the period of appointment referred to in paragraph (a), the annual fee payable to the appointee is $144,700 (pro-rated for that period of appointment) and the allowances payable are those that would apply to the Chair of the Tax Practitioners Board.

Dated  16 May 2023