Public Finance and Audit Amendment (Electoral Commission) Proclamation 2013 (NSW)

New South Wales

Public Finance and Audit Amendment

(Electoral Commission) Proclamation 2013

under the

Public Finance and Audit Act 1983 No 152

MARIE BASHIR, Governor I, Professor Marie Bashir AC, CVO, Governor of the State of New South Wales, with the advice of the Executive Council, and in pursuance of section 40 (1) (a) of the Public Finance and Audit Act 1983, make the following Proclamation.

Signed and sealed at Sydney, this 9th day of October 2013.

By Her Excellency’s Command,

MIKE BAIRD, MP
Treasurer

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Public Finance and Audit Amendment (Electoral Commission) Proclamation 2013 [NSW]

Public Finance and Audit Amendment (Electoral Commission)

Proclamation 2013

under the

Public Finance and Audit Act 1983 No 152

1      Name of Proclamation

This Proclamation is the Public Finance and Audit Amendment (Electoral
Commission) Proclamation 2013.

2      Commencement

This Proclamation commences on the day on which it is published on the NSW legislation website.

3 Amendment of Public Finance and Audit Act 1983 No 152

Schedule 2 Statutory bodies

Insert in alphabetical order “New South Wales Electoral Commission”.

Explanatory note

The object of this Proclamation is to amend the Public Finance and Audit Act 1983 to include a reference to the New South Wales Electoral Commission in Schedule 2, which will have the effect of requiring that body to keep proper books and records in relation to all of its operations and prepare an annual financial report to be submitted to the Premier and the Auditor-General. The responsibility for complying with these requirements will be transferred from the Electoral Commissioner by the operation of this Proclamation and a regulation under the Act.