COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
Public Service Act 1999
Order to Establish the North Queensland Water Infrastructure Authority as an
Executive Agency
I, General the Honourable Sir Peter Cosgrove AK MC (Ret’d), Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council and under section 65 of the Public Service Act 1999:
(a) establish the North Queensland Water Infrastructure Authority as an Executive Agency;
(b) allocate the name North Queensland Water Infrastructure Authority to the Executive Agency;
(c) allocate the name Chief Executive Officer to the Head of the Executive Agency;
(d) identify the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development as the Minister responsible for the Executive Agency;
(e) specify the functions of the North Queensland Water Infrastructure Authority be as follows:
- to provide strategic planning and coordination of Commonwealth resources to implement the Hughenden Irrigation Scheme project and the Hells Gates Dam Scheme (including Big Rocks Weir) project;
- to coordinate information sharing among relevant regulatory authorities necessary to implement the Hughenden Irrigation Scheme project and the Hells Gates Dam Scheme (including Big Rocks Weir) project;
- to provide advice to the Minister on the progress of the Hughenden Irrigation Scheme and the Hells Gates Dam Scheme (including Big Rocks Weir) project; and
- to undertake other relevant tasks as the Minister may require from time to time.
This Order will commence on the date of Gazettal.
Dated 7th March 2019
(signed Peter Cosgrove)
Governor-General
By His Excellency’s Command
(signed Michael McCormack)
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development
for the Prime Minister