Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2018C00409:clause:1_11:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2018C00409
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 11 (pt 1/2)
Character Range: 28636–31579

11  Entity responsibility
11.1  The accountable authority of a non‑corporate Commonwealth entity is responsible for ensuring that:
 (a) the entity's arrangements for legal services, especially any litigation for which the entity is responsible, are handled efficiently and effectively
 (b) appropriate management strategies and practices are adopted so as to achieve compliance with these Directions
 (ba) the entity's legal services purchasing, including expenditure, is appropriately recorded and monitored and that, by 30 October each year, the entity makes publicly available records of its legal services expenditure for the previous financial year
 (c) lawyers (whether AGS, the Attorney‑General's Department, private lawyers, counsel or in‑house lawyers) providing legal services to the entity are aware of, and are required to assist in ensuring that the entity complies with, these Directions (including compliance by legal services providers with these Directions through contractual arrangements wherever possible)
 (d) the entity gives reports as soon as practicable to the Attorney‑General or OLSC about any possible or apparent breaches of the Directions by the entity, or allegations of breaches by the entity of which the entity is aware, and about any corrective steps that have been taken or are proposed to be taken, by the entity
 (da) the entity reports to OLSC about the legal services expenditure and legal work of the entity, using a template approved by OLSC that specifies the matters to be reported, within 60 days after the end of each financial year
 (e) any matters required to be approved by the Attorney‑General are raised promptly, and
 (f) any other matters of which the Attorney‑General or OLSC is required to be informed are notified promptly.
Note: The protection that is to be given to classified material is set out in the Protective Security Policy Framework (PSPF). It is advisable that the entity's contracts with legal services providers require the providers to maintain an appropriate level of security for classified material (including electronic material) that comes into their possession, as well as material that is subsequently provided by the legal services provider to a third party, in the course of providing services to the entity. Any questions about the requirements of the PSPF can be made using the contact details provided at www.protectivesecurity.gov.au.
11.2  The accountable authority of a non‑corporate Commonwealth entity is responsible for giving to OLSC, within 60 days after the end of each financial year, a certificate setting out the extent to which the accountable authority believes there has been compliance by the entity with the Directions. The certificate should:
 (a) give details of any apparent or possible breach of the Directions not previously reported to OLSC
 (b) give details of actions taken to address the causes of any breaches of the Directions during