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Details: C2015A00036
- C2015A00036
Act No. 36 of 2015 as made
Originating Bill: Public Governance and Resources Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2015
C2015A00036
No. 36, 2015
Schedule 2—Public Governance, Performance and Accountability (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Act 2014 7
Schedule 3—Bodies ceasing to be bodies corporate 9
Schedule 4—Listed entities 12
Clean Energy Regulator Act 2011 12
Climate Change Authority Act 2011 12
Schedule 5—Consequential amendments relating to the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 14
Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (Administration) Act 1992 14
Australian National Registry of Emissions Units Act 2011 15
Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) Act 2011 17
Clean Energy Regulator Act 2011 17
Climate Change Authority Act 2011 19
Corporations Act 2001 21
Financial Framework (Supplementary Powers) Act 1997 23
Infrastructure Australia Act 2008 23
National Land Transport Act 2014 26
Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas (Import Levy) (Transitional Provisions) Act 2014 26
Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas Management Act 1989 26
Student Identifiers Act 2014 29
Water Act 2007 30
Part 2—Transitional and application provisions 32
Schedule 6—Other amendments 34
Air Services Act 1995 34
Auditor‑General Act 1997 34
Australian Trade Commission Act 1985 35
Future Fund Act 2006 37
Health Insurance Act 1973 45
Industrial Chemicals (Notification and Assessment) Act 1989 46
International Organisations (Privileges and Immunities) Act 1963 46
Parliamentary Superannuation Act 2004 47
Remuneration and Allowances Act 1990 47
Terrorism Insurance Act 2003 50
Schedule 7—Other transitional provisions 51
This Act may be cited as the Public Governance and Resources Legislation Amendment Act (No. 1) 2015.
reporting period has the meaning given by the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013.
2 Section 8 (paragraph (b) of the definition of reporting period)
3 Paragraph 35(1)(a)
After “corporate plan”, insert “(however described)”.
4 Section 73 (paragraph relating to Division 2)
After “certain amounts”, insert “or make payments relating to GST”.
5 After section 74
6 Subsection 75(2)
7 Subsection 75(3)
Omit “the Schedule concerned were amended”, substitute “the operation of the Schedule concerned were modified”.
8 Paragraph 95(1)(a)
(1) The amendments made by items 1, 4 and 5 of this Schedule apply in relation to payments that are made on or after 1 July 2015.
(2) The amendments made by items 6 and 7 of this Schedule apply to determinations made after the commencement of this Schedule in relation to transfers of functions occurring before or after that time.
Schedule 2—Public Governance, Performance and Accountability (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Act 2014
1 Items 2, 4, 5 and 6 of Schedule 1
Omit “after the commencement time”, substitute “on or after 1 July 2014”.
2 Item 21 of Schedule 1
After “Commonwealth” (second occurring), insert “before or”.
The amendment of item 21 of Schedule 1 to the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Act 2014 made by this Schedule applies in relation to any amounts received by the Commonwealth, whether before or after this item commences.
4 Item 38 of Schedule 2
5 Subitem 2(1) of Schedule 3
(1) Despite the repeal of the provisions of the CAC Act referred to in subitem (1A), those provisions continue to apply after the commencement time in relation to reporting periods that:
(a) commenced before 1 July 2014; and
(i) ended on 30 June 2014; or
(ii) had not ended on 30 June 2014.
(1A) For subitem (1), the provisions of the CAC Act are as follows:
(a) section 9 (which deals with directors preparing annual reports);
(b) section 10 (which deals with modified requirements for a Commonwealth authority’s first year of existence);
(c) section 12 (which deals with auditing a relevant subsidiary’s financial statements);
(d) section 14 (which deals with estimates);
(e) section 36 (which deals with annual reports for Commonwealth companies);
(f) section 37 (which deals with auditing relevant subsidiary’s financial statements);
(g) section 39 (which deals with estimates);
(h) Schedule 1 (which deals with annual report for Commonwealth authorities).
6 Item 16 of Schedule 3
7 Item 2 of Schedule 14
8 Item 5 of Schedule 14
Omit “under the enabling Act” (last occurring), substitute “under the Legislative Instruments Act 2003”.
9 Subitem 6(3) of Schedule 14
Schedule 3—Bodies ceasing to be bodies corporate
1 Section 11 (note)
2 Sections 13 and 14
5 Before section 57
6 Section 10 (note)
7 Sections 13 and 14
8 Division 2 of Part 2 (heading)
9 Subdivision A of Division 2 of Part 2
Part 2 of Schedule 5 to the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Act 2014 applies for the purposes of this Schedule as if:
(a) a reference in that Part to the commencement day were a reference to the day this Schedule commences; and
(b) a reference in that Part to a decorporatised body were a reference to:
(ii) the Climate Change Authority.
Schedule 4—Listed entities
2 At the end of section 11
4 At the end of section 10
Schedule 5—Consequential amendments relating to the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013
25A Board members are officials of the APVMA
For the purposes of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013, a Board member is an official (within the meaning of that Act) of the APVMA.
2 Subsection 177‑1(5)
(5) Untaxable Commonwealth entity means a Commonwealth entity (within the meaning of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013) that cannot be made liable to taxation by a law of the Commonwealth.
3 Section 195‑1 (definition of Finance Minister)
4 Subsection 93(2)
5 Paragraph 10A(a)
6 Paragraph 111(1)(e)
(e) without reasonable excuse, contravenes section 123 or 125; or
(f) without reasonable excuse, contravenes section 29 of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 (which deals with the duty to disclose interests) or rules made for the purposes of that section.
7 Section 124
8 Subsections 136(1) and (2)
(1) The report prepared by the Chairperson and given to the Minister under section 46 of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 for a period must include the following:
(a) information about the exercise during the period of ASIC’s powers under Part 15 of the Retirement Savings Accounts Act 1997 and under Part 29 of the Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993;
(b) information about ASIC’s monitoring and promotion of market integrity and consumer protection in relation to:
(c) in relation to ASIC’s functions under subsection 11(14), in relation to each agreement or arrangement entered into by ASIC under that subsection, information about the activities that ASIC has undertaken during the period in accordance with that agreement or arrangement;
(d) information about the operation of the Business Names Registration Act 2011 including:
(iii) the cost of registration of a business name under the Act;
(e) information required to be included in the report by regulations under subsection (2A).
9 Subsection 136(3)
10 Paragraph 235D(3)(c)
(c) include a copy of the advice and of his or her reasons in the annual report given by the Chair under section 46 of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 for the period during which the action is taken.
11 Paragraph 235F(3)(c)
12 Section 235H
13 Section 235J
14 Paragraph 236DB(3)(c)
15 Paragraph 236DD(3)(c)
16 Section 236DF
17 Section 236DG
18 Subsection 183(1) (note)
19 Subsection 299(2)
20 Section 22
22 Paragraph 27(2)(d)
Omit “22 or 23”, substitute “29 of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 (which deals with the duty to disclose interests) or rules made for the purposes of that section”.
23 Division 7 of Part 2
24 Paragraph 42(a)
25 Sections 26 and 27
26 Paragraph 31(2)(d)
27 Subsection 36(2)
Omit “section 27”, substitute “any rules made for the purpose of section 29 of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 (which deals with the duty to disclose interests)”.
28 Section 48
29 Paragraph 50(2)(c)
30 Division 8 of Part 2
31 Paragraph 58(a)
32 Paragraph 45B(1)(d)
33 Paragraph 111K(b)
(iii) a subsidiary of a corporate Commonwealth entity for the purposes of that Act.
34 Paragraph 301(3)(a)
35 Paragraph 601AE(1A)(a)
Omit “Special Account (within the meaning of section 5 of the Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997”, substitute “special account (within the meaning of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013”.
36 Subparagraph 601AE(1A)(b)(ii)
37 Section 5 (definition of Finance Minister)
Omit “this Act”, substitute “the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013”.
38 Subsection 159ZR(1) (definition of eligible income)
Omit “section 33 of the Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997”, substitute “section 65 of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 (which deals with act of grace payments by the Commonwealth)”.
39 Subsection 160AAA(1) (paragraph (f) of the definition of rebatable benefit)
40 Subsection 995‑1(1) (definition of Finance Minister)
Omit “section 1 of the Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997”, substitute “the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013”.
41 Section 3 (definition of Finance Minister)
42 Subsection 4(2) (note)
43 Subsection 18(2)
44 Paragraph 21(2)(a)
45 Section 34
46 Sections 39B and 39C
47 Subsection 39DA(2)
48 Subsections 39DB(2), (3) and (4)
49 Subsection 4(1) (definition of non‑corporate Commonwealth entity)
50 Section 6 (note)
51 Subsection 65B(2)
52 Subsections 65C(2) and (3)
Notional payments and receipts by non‑corporate Commonwealth entities
(c) this section applies in relation to the notional payment as if it were a real payment; and
(d) this section applies in relation to the notional receipt of the notional payment as if it were a real receipt.
Note: This subsection applies to transactions that do not actually involve payments or receipts, because the parties to the transaction (non‑corporate Commonwealth entities) are merely parts of the Commonwealth.
53 Subsection 5(1)
54 Subsection 5(1) (definition of Minister for Finance)
55 Subsection 30R(2)
56 Section 30S (note)
Omit “Special Account” (wherever occurring), substitute “special account”.
57 Section 30T (note)
58 Subsection 42(2)
59 Subsection 42(4) (definition of Commonwealth)
60 Subsections 1061PAAA(2) and 1061PAAB(3) (note)
61 Section 1061PAAE
For the purposes of this Division, Department official means a person:
(i) is an official (within the meaning of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013) of the Department; or
62 Subsection 123ZM(4) (note)
Note: Subsection 56(1) of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 provides that an agreement for the borrowing of money by the Commonwealth is of no effect unless the borrowing is expressly authorised by or under an Act.
63 Subsection 48(2)
64 Section 49 (note 1)
65 Section 49 (note 2)
Omit “section 39 of the Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997, but such investments may only be made by the Finance Minister, the Treasurer, or a delegate under section 62 or 62A of that Act”, substitute “section 58 of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013”.
66 Section 50 (note)
67 Subsection 5(5) (definition of Commonwealth entity)
68 Subsection 5(5) (definition of Finance Minister)
69 Subsection 15B(4) (note)
70 Subsection 15B(9)
Omit “section 47 of the Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997”, substitute “any rules made for the purposes of paragraph 103(c) of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013”.
71 Subsections 15C(2) and (3) (note)
72 Subsection 15D(8)
Omit “Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997) who is in the Australian Taxation Office or is part of the Australian Taxation Office”, substitute “Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013) of the Australian Taxation Office”.
73 At the end of Division 4 of Part 9
208A Chief Executive is accountable authority
Despite subsection 12(2) of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013, the Chief Executive is the accountable authority of the Authority for the purposes of that Act.
An amendment made by an item of this Schedule that relates to a corporate plan or a strategic plan (however described) applies in relation to reporting periods that commence on or after 1 July 2015.
75 Annual reports
An amendment made by an item of the Schedule that relates to an annual report applies in relation to reporting periods that commence on or after 1 July 2014.
76 Disclosing interests
77 Saving instruments in force at commencement
(2) If the provision is amended, the amendment referred to in subparagraph (1)(c)(i) does not affect the continuity of the instrument.
(3) If the provision is repealed and substituted, the instrument is taken, after the commencement of this Schedule, to have been made under, or for the purposes of, the provision as substituted.
1 Paragraph 50(1)(c)
2 Subsection 50(4) (definition of hedging purposes)
3 Subsection 36(3)
The amendment of the Auditor‑General Act 1997 made by this Schedule applies in relation to any disclosure of information, in a report or extract, that occurs after this item commences, whether the report or extract was received before or after this item commences.
6 At the end of subparagraphs 8(a)(i) to (viii)
(2) Without limiting subsection (1), the functions of the CEO include developing and administering policies relating to tourism (including domestic tourism).
(3) The CEO may perform his or her functions under subsection (2) to the extent only that they are not in excess of the functions that may be conferred on the CEO by virtue of any of the legislative powers of the Parliament, and, in particular, may perform his or her functions under that subsection:
(h) for purposes related to matters incidental to the execution of the legislative powers of the Parliament or the executive power of the Commonwealth; and
(i) for purposes related to a Commonwealth place within the meaning of the Commonwealth Places (Application of Laws) Act 1970; and
(k) for purposes related to the granting of financial assistance to a State on such terms and conditions as the Parliament thinks fit; and
(l) for purposes related to matters that are peculiarly adapted to the government of a nation and that cannot otherwise be carried on for the benefit of the nation; and
(m) by way of providing a service, if the provision of the service utilises the CEO’s spare capacity and does not impede the CEO’s capacity to perform his or her other functions.
After “functions”, insert “under subsection 8(1)”.
9 Paragraph 9(2)(b)
(b) have regard to the need to provide services as efficiently and economically as possible; and
(c) in relation to his or her functions under subsection 8(1), have regard to:
(i) the desirability of improving and extending the range and accessibility of advice, assistance and financial support available (whether through the Commission and the CEO or otherwise) to persons involved, or likely to be involved, either directly or indirectly, in trade between Australia and foreign countries; and
(ii) Australia’s obligations under international agreements.
11 Section 5 (definition of Commonwealth authority)
13 Section 5 (definition of involved)
15 Before section 56
16 Subsection 56(1) (note)
17 Sections 57 to 59
18 Before section 63
20 At the end of Division 7 of Part 4
The amendments of the Future Fund Act 2006 made by this Schedule apply in relation to any conduct that occurs after this item commences.
22 Paragraph 106ZPLA(b)
Omit “Scheme”.
23 After section 106ZPR
106ZQ Annual report
The annual report prepared by the Director and given to the Minister under section 46 of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 for a period must include a report on the operation of this Part during the period.
The amendments of the Health Insurance Act 1973 made by this Schedule apply in relation to the reporting period commencing on 1 July 2014 and later reporting periods.
25 Section 108
The annual report prepared by the Secretary of the Department and given to the Minister under section 46 of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 for a period must include a report on the operation of this Act during the period.
Section 108 of the Industrial Chemicals (Notification and Assessment) Act 1989, as inserted by this Schedule, applies in relation to the reporting period commencing on 1 July 2014 and later reporting periods.
27 After section 12B
12C Organisations that are bodies corporate are not Commonwealth entities
If the regulations provide that an organisation is a body corporate, then, despite paragraph 10(1)(d) of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013, the organisation is not a Commonwealth entity for the purposes of that Act.
27A Paragraph 11(2)(a)
Omit “, other than a self managed superannuation fund”.
27B Paragraph 13(e)
Omit “RSA; or”, substitute “RSA.”.
27C Paragraph 13(f)
27D Subparagraph 14(2)(a)(i)
27E Paragraph 16(1)(a)
27F Clause 1A of Schedule 3 (definition of self‑managed superannuation fund)
27G Paragraph 1D(2)(a) of Schedule 3
Omit “that is not a self managed superannuation fund”.
27H Subparagraph 1G(5)(a)(iv) of Schedule 3
27J Subparagraph 1H(2)(a)(i) of Schedule 3
28 Subsections 7A(5) and (6)
29 After section 7A
Omit “Minister”, substitute “Corporation”.
Schedule 7—Other transitional provisions
Despite subsections 12(2) and (3) of the Legislative Instruments Act 2003, if:
the amending instrument may be expressed to take effect from a date before the amending instrument is registered under the Legislative Instruments Act 2003.
House of Representatives on 12 February 2015