Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Rule 2014

Schedule 1 - Listed entities  

Note:

See sections 6 and 8 .

6A  

6A   Australian Submarine Agency  
For the purposes of the finance law:

(a)    the Australian Submarine Agency (the ASA ) is a listed entity; and

(b)    the Director General of the ASA is the accountable authority of the listed entity; and

(c)    the following persons are officials of the listed entity:

(i) the Director General of the ASA;

(ii) persons engaged under the Public Service Act 1999 to assist the Director General;

(iii) members of the Australian Defence Force whose services are made available to the Director General;

(iv) officials of other Commonwealth entities, and employees of Commonwealth companies, whose services are made available to the Director General; and

(d)    the purposes of the listed entity include the following:

(i) managing and overseeing the acquisition, construction, delivery, sustainment and disposal of nuclear-powered submarines;

(ii) managing and executing trilateral engagement for the nuclear-powered submarine program, with the exception of submarine operations;

(iii) giving strategic, policy and legal advice about the nuclear-powered submarine program to the responsible Minister for the entity;

(iv) managing nuclear-powered submarine program strategy, risk, resourcing, scheduling, legal issues and budgeting;

(v) ensuring that the nuclear-powered submarine program is aligned with the international relations, defence, national security and other national strategies and policies of the Commonwealth;

(vi) working with the Department of Defence, the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the Australian Safeguards and Non-Proliferation Office to develop and implement safeguards arrangements as agreed between Australia and the International Atomic Energy Agency;

(vii) establishing other international agreements and arrangements, working with Commonwealth, State and Territory agencies, to support the implementation of the nuclear-powered submarine program;

(viii) setting program and technical requirements and standards across all phases of the capability life-cycle;

(ix) developing and implementing domestic nuclear policy and legislation to support naval nuclear propulsion, in consultation with Commonwealth, State and Territory agencies that have functions or responsibilities relating to nuclear activities;

(x) establishing the necessary governance arrangements, processes and agreements to acquire, construct, deliver, sustain and dispose of nuclear-powered submarines;

(xi) maintaining technical governance and developing systems of compliance, including by retaining technical authority of the nuclear propulsion plant during operations and supporting the Chief of Navy ' s responsibility to the Chief of the Defence Force as the Seaworthiness Authority and Submarine Operating Authority;

(xii) gaining and maintaining licences and authorisations from nuclear and non-nuclear regulatory bodies to conduct activities.