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to specific eligibility criteria being met, particular organisations across a region will be awarded a grant.
[44]  Presiding officers of the Departments of the Parliament are not required to report to the Minister for Finance.
[45]  See paragraph 4.7, which provides the officials should make recommendations relative to the grant opportunity guidelines, and that officials must recommend that grants that do not meet any of the selection criteria be rejected.
[46]  Additional guidance on the form of the report is available from the Finance website at www.finance.gov.au. For decisions made in December, reporting should be before 31 January of the subsequent year to ensure that all reports by ministers for the preceding calendar year can be tabled by the Minister for Finance by 30 April each year, in accordance with Senate Order 23E.
[47] For this purpose, 'quarter' means for a period of three months starting 1 January, 1 April, 1 July or 1 October each year.
[48]  See www.finance.gov.au.
[49]  Entities may choose to make information publicly available by other mechanisms. GrantConnect is the authoritative source for grant information and must accurately report approved grant opportunity guidelines and details of grants awarded.
[50]  See the Finance website for further guidance on grants reporting at www.finance.gov.au.
[51]  See the Finance website at www.finance.gov.au for further guidance on reportable variations, such as significant additional payments of relevant money, extensions into a new financial year, novation and/or a change in organisation details. Minor variations, such as indexing, changes to project/research team members or date changes within the same financial year, do not need to be reported on GrantConnect.
[52]  The date of effect will depend on the particular arrangement. It can be the date on which a grant agreement is signed or a specified starting date. Where there is no grant agreement entities must publish information on individual grants as soon as practicable.
[53]  Examples include one-off ad hoc grants, grants awarded through competitive, non-competitive and/or demand-driven processes.
[54]  See paragraph 4.3 and 4.4, CGRPs.
[55]  Entities may be required to use centralised or whole-of-government grants administration processes.
[56]  See the Finance website for guidance material at www.finance.gov.au.
[57]  Entities may identify other matters requiring consideration at the planning phase, depending on their specific circumstances.
[58]  See section 16, PGPA Act, Duty to establish and maintain systems relating to risk and control.
[59]  See section 17, PGPA Act, Duty to encourage cooperation with others.
[60]  Officials should balance this requirement for consultation against any issues that may arise in respect to probity, conflict of interest and the potential for competitive advantage.
[61]  Including the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission. Officials should discuss the availability of relevant information with the ACNC. See www.acnc.gov.au.