Annual Reports (Statutory Bodies) Amendment Regulation 2007 (NSW)
2007 No 619
New South Wales
Annual Reports (Statutory Bodies)
Amendment Regulation 2007
under the
Annual Reports (Statutory Bodies) Act 1984
Her Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has made the following Regulation under the Annual Reports (Statutory Bodies) Act 1984.
MICHAEL COSTA, M.L.C.,
Treasurer
Explanatory note
The object of this Regulation is to amend the Annual Reports (Statutory Bodies) Regulation
2005 for the following purposes:
| (a) | to provide for small agencies to report on a triennial basis (instead of annually) on the following matters: | |||||
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| (b) | to require a statutory body’s annual report to be made publicly available on the body’s internet site. |
This Regulation is made under the Annual Reports (Statutory Bodies) Act 1984, including sections 9, 12 and 17 (the general regulation-making power).
| Published in Gazette No 185 of 21 December 2007, page 9824 | Page 1 |
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| Clause 1 | Annual Reports (Statutory Bodies) Amendment Regulation 2007 |
Annual Reports (Statutory Bodies) Amendment
Regulation 2007
under the
Annual Reports (Statutory Bodies) Act 1984
1 Name of Regulation
This Regulation is the Annual Reports (Statutory Bodies) Amendment
Regulation 2007.
2 Amendment of Annual Reports (Statutory Bodies) Regulation 2005
The Annual Reports (Statutory Bodies) Regulation 2005 is amended as set out in Schedule 1.
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| Amendments | Schedule 1 |
| Schedule 1 | Amendments |
(Clause 2)
[1] Clause 8 Additional matters for inclusion in annual reports
Omit “if the report is available on the Internet,” from clause 8 (2) (c).
[2] Clause 18 Public availability of annual reports
Insert after clause 18 (1):
(1A) A statutory body must ensure that a copy of its annual report is made publicly available on the body’s Internet site or other relevant Internet site as soon as practicable after the report has been presented to Parliament. [3] Clause 19A
Insert after clause 19:
19A Exemption for small statutory bodies to report annually on certain
matters
(1)
This clause applies in relation to any statutory body that the Secretary of the Treasury determines to be a small statutory body for the purposes of this clause.
(2) In making any such determination, the Secretary may take into
consideration:
(a) the number of staff employed by the statutory body, or (b)
in the case of a statutory body that cannot employ staff— the number of staff employed in the Division of the Government Service comprising those persons who are employed under Chapter 1A of the Public Sector Employment and Management Act 2002 to enable the statutory body to exercise its functions.
(3)
The particulars set out in Column 2 of Schedule 1 in relation to the following matters (as described in Column 1 of that Schedule) are required to be included in the report of the operations of a statutory body to which this clause applies on a triennial basis (as determined by the Secretary of the Treasury) only:
(a) Equal employment opportunity, (b) Ethnic affairs priorities statement, (c) Waste.
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[4] Schedule 1 Report of operations
Insert “(as detailed within the statutory body’s EEO Management Plan)” after “proposed by the statutory body” in the matter relating to Equal employment opportunity in Column 2 of Schedule 1.
[5] Schedule 1
Omit the matter relating to “Ethnic affairs priorities statement and any agreement” from Columns 1 and 2.
Insert instead:
Ethnic affairs priorities A statement setting out the progress in implementing statement the statutory body’s ethnic affairs priorities statement,
the key ethnic affairs strategies proposed by the
statutory body for the following year and information
as to the ethnic affairs priorities statements of any
bodies reporting to the statutory bodyAgreements with the A statement describing any agreement entered into Community Relations between the statutory body and the Community Commission Relations Commission under the Community Relations
Commission and Principles of Multiculturalism Act
2000 and a statement setting out the statutory body’s
progress in implementing any such agreement
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