Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Rule 2014

CHAPTER 2 - COMMONWEALTH ENTITIES AND THE COMMONWEALTH  

PART 2-4 - USE AND MANAGEMENT OF PUBLIC RESOURCES  

Division 6A - CCE grants made by or on behalf of corporate Commonwealth entities  

SECTION 25E   REPORTING REQUIREMENTS FOR MINISTER WHERE MINISTER APPROVES CCE GRANT DESPITE RECOMMENDATION OF CORPORATE COMMONWEALTH ENTITY  

25E(1)    
This section applies if:

(a)    a corporate Commonwealth entity recommends to a Minister that a CCE grant not be made; and

(b)    

the Minister approves the making of the CCE grant.

25E(2)    

The Minister must, as soon as practicable after the approval is given, give a written notice and a copy of the notice prepared under subsection (4) (if any) to:

(a)    the following:

(i) if the Minister is the Finance Minister - the Prime Minister;

(ii) otherwise - the Finance Minister; and

(b)    the accountable authority of the corporate Commonwealth entity.

25E(3)    
The notice must include:

(a)    details of the CCE grant; and

(aa)    

a statement to the effect that the approval was given despite the recommendation of the corporate Commonwealth entity; and

(b)    the Minister ' s reasons for approving the making of the CCE grant.

25E(4)    

The Minister may prepare a copy of the notice with particular information deleted if the Minister decides that publishing that particular information would contravene:

(a)    the Privacy Act 1988 or another law of the Commonwealth, or of a State or Territory; or

(b)    any terms or conditions relating to the CCE grant.

25E(5)    

The Finance Minister must, as soon as practicable after the end of the quarter in which the notice is given under subsection (2) , cause to be tabled in each House of the Parliament:

(a)    a copy of the notice; or

(b)    if a copy of the notice has been prepared under subsection (4) - that copy.