Senate

Public Governance and Resources Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2015

Revised Explanatory Memorandum

(Circulated by authority of the Minister for Finance, Senator the Hon Mathias Cormann)
THIS MEMORANDUM TAKES ACCOUNT OF AMENDMENTS MADE BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TO THE BILLS AS INTRODUCED

Table of abbreviations and common terms

Abbreviation or common term Full term or description
CAC Act Commonwealth Authorities and Companies Act 1997
Commonwealth entity An entity as defined in section 10 of the PGPA Act
non-corporate Commonwealth entity An entity as defined in section 11 of the PGPA Act
FMA Act Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997
Finance Minister The Minister with responsibility for administering the PGPA Act
PGPA Act Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013
PGPA (C & T) Act Public Governance, Performance and Accountability (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Act 2014
Rules or PGPA rules The rules made under Part 4-1 of the PGPA Act