Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures No. 1) Rule 2016 (Cth)

Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures No. 1) Rule 2016

I, Mathias Cormann, Minister for Finance, make the following rule.

Dated 19 September 2016

Mathias Cormann

Minister for Finance

Contents

1Name

This is the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures No. 1) Rule 2016.

2Commencement

1. (1)

   Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

Commencement information
Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Provisions	Commencement	Date/Details
1. The whole of this instrument	The day after this instrument is registered.	29 September 2016

Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.

1. (2)

   Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.

3Authority

This instrument is made under the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013.

4Schedules

Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.

Schedule 1—Amendments

Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Rule 2014

1

Section 16B (heading)

Repeal the heading, substitute:

16BCertain officials appointed under a law to a body—consequences of having interests

2

Paragraph 17AH(1)(b)

Repeal the paragraph, substitute:

1. (b)

   a statement that “Information on grants awarded by [name of entity] during [reporting period] is available at [address of entity’s website].”;

3

Subsection 27(2) (at the end of the table)

Add:

9 An amount that is the balance standing to the credit of a special account, immediately before the instrument creating the special account sunsets, and agreed to by the Finance Minister.

4

Clause 9 of Schedule 1

Repeal the clause.

5

Schedule 2 (“PGPA Rule Reference” 17AG(4)(c)(i), column headed “Description”)

Omit “paragraph 17AD(4)(c)”, substitute “paragraph 17AG(4)(c)”.

6

Schedule 2 (“PGPA Rule Reference” 17AH(1)(b), column headed “Description”)

Omit “awarded to [name of entity]”, substitute “awarded by [name of entity]”.