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July 1991.

"(2) The Secretary to each Department, and the principal officer of each Commonwealth authority (other than an administering authority), must give the Commission, not later than the prescribed day in 1992 and in each later year, a written estimate of the amount to be paid to employees of the Department or authority, as the case may be, by way of salary, wages or pay during the next financial year.

"(3) The Secretary to a Department, or the principal officer of a Commonwealth authority, must, on written request by the Commission, give the Commission the information specified in the request, being information needed by the Commission to enable it to prepare an estimate under section 96 in relation to the Department or authority.

"(4) Where, before this section commences, the Secretary to a Department, or the principal officer of a Commonwealth authority, has given the Commission a written estimate of the amount mentioned in subsection (1), the Secretary or principal officer is, on and after that commencement, taken to have complied with that subsection.

  "(5) In this section:

'prescribed day', in relation to a year, means 30 April in that year, or if the regulations specify another day for the purposes of this definition, the day so specified in that year.

Review by Commission

"96d. (1) Where the Commission prepares an estimate under section 96, the Commission must give a copy of the estimate to the Secretary to the Department, or the principal officer of the Commonwealth authority, to which the estimate relates.

"(2) If the Secretary or principal officer objects to the estimate, the Secretary or principal officer may, by written notice of objection given to the Commission within 14 days after receipt of the copy of the estimate, ask the Commission to review the estimate.

  "(3) A notice of objection must set out the grounds of the objection.

"(4) The Commission must, as soon as practicable after receiving a notice of objection:

   (a)     review the estimate to which the notice relates; and

     (b)     notify in writing the Secretary to the Department, or the principal officer of the Commonwealth authority, concerned of the result of the review.

"(5) The Commission may, having reviewed an estimate, confirm it, or vary it in such manner as the Commission thinks fit.

Estimates to be submitted to Minister for approval

"96e. (1) Where the Commission is not required to review an estimate under section 96d, the Commission must submit the estimate to the Minister for approval as soon as practicable after the end of the period of 14 days mentioned in subsection 96d (2).

"(2) Where the Commission reviews an estimate under section 96d, the Commission must:

    (a)     submit the estimate (or