Annual Reports (Departments) Act 1985 Annual Reports (Departments) Amendment (Millennium Bug) Regulation 1998 (1998-427) [GG No 115 of 31.7.1998, p 5750] (NSW)

New South Wales

under the

Annual Reports (Departments) Act 1985

MICHAEL EGAN, M.L.C.,

Treasurer

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The object of this Regulation is to require a Department to include in its 1997-1998 to 1999-2000 annual reports information on the Department's activities in relation to the Year 2000 Millennium Bug (that is, problems associated with the use in computer programs of a two digit year code rather than a four digit century/year code).

This Regulation is made under the Annual Reports (Departments) Act 1985,

including sections 11 and 20 (the general regulation-making power).

Clause 1 Annual Reports (Departments) Amendment (Millennium Bug) Regulation 1998

t

ame of Regulation

This Regulation is the Annual Reports (Departments)

Amendment (Millennium Bug) Regulation 1998.

2 Amendment of Annual Reports (Departments) Regulation 1995

The Annual Reports (Departments) Regulation 1995 is amended

as set out in Schedule 1.

3 Notes

The explanatory note does not form part of this Regulation.

Annual Reports (Departments) Amendment (Millennium Bug) Regulation 1998

Amendment Schedule 1

(Clause 2)

Insert at the end of the Schedule:

Year 2000 (Millennium Bug) In the case of a Department's
annual reports for its 1997–1998,
1998–1999 and 1999–2000 financial
years, a statement setting out the
following:

the scope and status of the
Department's Year 2000
project,
any proposal to develop
contingency plans to ensure
the continued operation of
the Department's critical
business functions,
any proposal to obtain
independent verification of
the Department's Year 2000

compliance strategies.

the estimated total cost of

the Department's Year 2000

project.