Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00152:clause:3_311a
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00152
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 3 cl 311A
Character Range: 750287–751777

311A  Annual returns of income and expenditure of Commonwealth Departments
 (1) Subject to this section, the principal officer of each Commonwealth Department must attach a statement to its annual report setting out particulars of all amounts paid by, or on behalf of, the Commonwealth Department during the financial year to:
 (a) advertising agencies;
 (b) market research organisations;
 (c) polling organisations;
 (d) direct mail organisations; and
 (e) media advertising organisations;
and the persons or organisations to whom those amounts were paid.
 (2) Nothing in subsection (1) requires particulars of a payment made by a Commonwealth Department in a financial year to be included in a return if the value of the payment is less than or equal to the disclosure threshold.
 (3) The first return under this section need only contain particulars in relation to the period starting on the commencement of this section and ending on the next 30 June.
 (4) In this section:
Commonwealth Department means:
 (a) a Department of State of the Commonwealth; or
 (b) a Department of the Parliament established under the Parliamentary Service Act 1999; or
 (c) an Agency (within the meaning of the Public Service Act 1999).
principal officer means:
 (a) in relation to a Department—the person holding, or performing the duties of, the office of Secretary of the Department; and
 (b) in relation to an Agency—the Agency Head (within the meaning of the Public Service Act 1999) of the Agency.