Annual Reports (Departments) Act 1985 Annual Reports (Departments) Amendment (Ethnic Affairs) Regulation 1997 (1997-37) [GG No 15 of 7.2.1997, p 367] (NSW)

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New South Wales

Annual Reports (Departments)

Amendment (Ethnic Affairs)

Regulation 1997

under the

Annual Reports (Departments) Act 1985

His Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has made the following Regulation under the Annual Reports (Departments) Act 1985.

MICHAEL EGAN, M.L.C.,

Treasurer

Explanatory note

The object of this Regulation is to require Government Departments to include information about their ethnic affairs priorities statements and information relating to the implementation of any ethnic affairs agreements negotiated with the Ethnic Affairs Commission in their annual reports under the Annual Reports (Departments) Act 1985. The requirement for this information results from amendments made by the Ethnic Affairs Commission Amendment Act 1996, including amendments that recognise the principles of cultural diversity, require the Ethnic Affairs Commission to assess the effectiveness of public authorities in implementing the Government’s ethnic affairs policies and confer on the Commission other functions relating to ethnic affairs agreements.

This Regulation is made under the Annual Reports (Departments) Act 1985, including section l1 and section 20 (the general regulation making power).

Published in Gazette No 15 of 7 February 1997, page 367 Page 1

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Clause 1 Annual Reports (Departments) Amendment (Ethnic Affairs) Regulation 1997

Annual Reports (Departments) Amendment

(Ethnic Affairs) Regulation 1997

1 Name of Regulation

This Regulation is the Annual Reports (Departments)

Amendment (Ethnic Affairs) Regulation 1997.

2 Commencement

This Regulation commences on 7 February 1997.

3 Amendment of Annual Reports (Departments) Regulation 1995

The Annual Reports (Departments) Regulation 1995 is amended as set out in Schedule 1.

4 Notes

The explanatory note does not form part of this Regulation.

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Annual Reports (Departments) Amendment (Ethnic Affairs) Regulation 1997

Amendment	Schedule 1
Schedule 1 Amendment

(Clause 3)

Schedule 1 Report of operations

Insert at the end of the Schedule:

Ethnic affairs priorities statement and ethnic affairs	A statement setting
agreement	out the progress in implementing the Department’s ethnic affairs priorities statement, the key ethnic affairs strategies proposed by the Department for the following year and information as to the ethnic affairs priorities statements of any bodies reporting to the Department.
A statement describing any ethnic affairs agreement entered into between the Department and the Ethnic Affairs Commission and a statement setting out the Department’s progress in implementing any such agreement.