Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00463:section:74a:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00463
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 74A (pt 2/2)
Character Range: 198997–200999

in paragraphs (6)(f) and (g).
 (9) The Group must report every 6 months, in writing, to the Minister and the Research Minister, including any dissenting views of a member of the Group.
 (10) The Group must give its final report to the Minister, and the Research Minister, before the second anniversary of the day the Treaty between the Government of Australia and the Government of the United States of America concerning Defense Trade Cooperation done at Sydney on 5 September 2007 enters into force.
 (11) The Defence Export Control Office must provide a secretariat for the Group.
 (12) The secretariat must:
 (a) prepare and circulate agendas in conjunction with the Chair; and
 (b) work with the authors of agenda papers to ensure quality and timeliness; and
 (c) ensure that the agenda approved by the Chair and papers are received by members at least 1 week before each meeting; and
 (d) prepare and provide to the Chair, within 1 week of the meeting, the minutes of the meeting; and
 (e) circulate the meeting outcomes to all members following clearance by the Chair, and maintain Group records.
 (13) The office of a member of the Group is not a public office within the meaning of the Remuneration Tribunal Act 1973.
 (14) The Group may determine the procedure to be followed in performing its functions.
 (15) The Minister must cause a copy of the Group's final report to the Minister to be tabled in each House of the Parliament within 15 sitting days of that House after the day the Minister receives the final report.
 (16) The Group is abolished immediately after its final report is given to both the Minister and the Research Minister unless, before then, the Minister and the Research Minister determine, in writing, that the Group is to remain in existence until the end of a specified period.
 (17) An instrument under this section is not a legislative instrument.
 (18) In this section:
Research Minister means the Minister administering the Science and Industry Research Act 1949.