Australian Communications and Media Authority (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Act 2005 (45 of 2005)

Schedule 4   Transitional provisions

Part 4   Reporting obligations

15   Final annual report for ABA and ACA

ACMA must prepare final annual reports for ABA and ACA

 

(1) For the transitional reporting period (see whichever of subitems (4) and (5) applies), the ACMA must prepare the report referred to in section 9 of the Commonwealth Authorities and Companies Act 1997 for the ABA and the ACA.

      

(2) A report for the ACA must include the matters described in section 50 of the Australian Communications Authority Act 1997 as in force immediately before the transition time.

      

(3) The obligation under section 9 of the Commonwealth Authorities and Companies Act 1997 imposed on the final directors of the ABA and the ACA to prepare an annual report for the transitional reporting period is satisfied if the report is prepared by the ACMA.

Transitional reporting periods

      

(4) If the transition time is on 1 July 2005, the financial year that started on 1 July 2004 is the transitional reporting period .

      

(5) If the transition time is in the financial year that started on 1 July 2004, the period that:

(a) started at the beginning of that financial year; and

(b) ended immediately before the transition time;

is the transitional reporting period .

Miscellaneous

      

(6) For the purposes of this item, references to a financial year in:

(a) section 50 of the Australian Communications Authority Act 1997; and

(a) section 9 of the Commonwealth Authorities and Companies Act 1997;

are taken to be references to the transitional reporting period.

      

(7) In this item:

final director means a person who was a director (as defined in the Commonwealth Authorities and Companies Act 1997) of the ABA or ACA immediately before the transition time.