Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Rule 2014
Schedule 2A
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List of requirements
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corporate Commonwealth entities
Note:
See paragraph 17BE(u) .
Guide to this Schedule
The purpose of this Schedule is to set out, for the purposes of paragraph 17BE(u) , the list of requirements to be included in a corporate Commonwealth entity ' s annual report for a reporting period.
This Schedule is made for the purposes of subsection 46(3) of the Act.
| PGPA Rule Reference | Part of Report | Description | Requirement | |
| 17BE | Contents of annual report | |||
| 17BE(a) | Details of the legislation establishing the body | Mandatory | ||
| 17BE(b)(i) | A summary of the objects and functions of the entity as set out in legislation | Mandatory | ||
| 17BE(b)(ii) | The purposes of the entity as included in the entity ' s corporate plan for the reporting period | Mandatory | ||
| 17BE(c) | The names of the persons holding the position of responsible Minister or responsible Ministers during the reporting period, and the titles of those responsible Ministers | Mandatory | ||
| 17BE(d) | Directions given to the entity by the Minister under an Act or instrument during the reporting period | If applicable, mandatory | ||
| 17BE(e) | Any government policy order that applied in relation to the entity during the reporting period under section 22 of the Act | If applicable, mandatory | ||
| 17BE(f) | Particulars of non-compliance with: | If applicable, mandatory | ||
| (a) | a direction given to the entity by the Minister under an Act or instrument during the reporting period; or | |||
| (b) | a government policy order that applied in relation to the entity during the reporting period under section 22 of the Act | |||
| 17BE(g) | Annual performance statements in accordance with paragraph 39(1)(b) of the Act and section 16F of the rule | Mandatory | ||
| 17BE(h) , 17BE(i) | A statement of significant issues reported to the Minister under paragraph 19(1)(e) of the Act that relates to non-compliance with finance law and action taken to remedy non-compliance | If applicable, mandatory | ||
| 17BE(j) | Information on the accountable authority, or each member of the accountable authority, of the entity during the reporting period | Mandatory | ||
| 17BE(k) | Outline of the organisational structure of the entity (including any subsidiaries of the entity) | Mandatory | ||
| 17BE(ka) | Statistics on the entity ' s employees on an ongoing and non-ongoing basis, including the following: | Mandatory | ||
| (a) | statistics on full-time employees; | |||
| (b) | statistics on part-time employees; | |||
| (c) | statistics on gender; | |||
| (d) | statistics on staff location | |||
| 17BE(l) | Outline of the location (whether or not in Australia) of major activities or facilities of the entity | Mandatory | ||
| 17BE(m) | Information relating to the main corporate governance practices used by the entity during the reporting period | Mandatory | ||
| 17BE(n) , 17BE(o) | For transactions with a related Commonwealth entity or related company where the value of the transaction, or if there is more than one transaction, the aggregate of those transactions, is more than $ 10,000 (inclusive of GST): | If applicable, mandatory | ||
| (a) | the decision-making process undertaken by the accountable authority to approve the entity paying for a good or service from, or providing a grant to, the related Commonwealth entity or related company; and | |||
| (b) | the value of the transaction, or if there is more than one transaction, the number of transactions and the aggregate of value of the transactions | |||
| 17BE(p) | Any significant activities and changes that affected the operation or structure of the entity during the reporting period | If applicable, mandatory | ||
| 17BE(q) | Particulars of judicial decisions or decisions of administrative tribunals that may have a significant effect on the operations of the entity | If applicable, mandatory | ||
| 17BE(r) | Particulars of any reports on the entity given by: | If applicable, mandatory | ||
| (a) | the Auditor-General (other than a report under section 43 of the Act); or | |||
| (b) | a Parliamentary Committee; or | |||
| (c) | the Commonwealth Ombudsman; or | |||
| (d) | the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner | |||
| 17BE(s) | An explanation of information not obtained from a subsidiary of the entity and the effect of not having the information on the annual report | If applicable, mandatory | ||
| 17BE(t) | Details of any indemnity that applied during the reporting period to the accountable authority, any member of the accountable authority or officer of the entity against a liability (including premiums paid, or agreed to be paid, for insurance against the authority, member or officer ' s liability for legal costs) | If applicable, mandatory | ||
| 17BE(taa) | The following information about the audit committee for the entity: | Mandatory | ||
| (a) | a direct electronic address of the charter determining the functions of the audit committee; | |||
| (b) | the name of each member of the audit committee; | |||
| (c) | the qualifications, knowledge, skills or experience of each member of the audit committee; | |||
| (d) | information about each member ' s attendance at meetings of the audit committee; | |||
| (e) | the remuneration of each member of the audit committee | |||
| 17BE(ta) | Information about executive remuneration | Mandatory | ||
| 17BF | Disclosure requirements for government business enterprises | |||
| 17BF(1)(a)(i) | An assessment of significant changes in the entity ' s overall financial structure and financial conditions | If applicable, mandatory | ||
| 17BF(1)(a)(ii) | An assessment of any events or risks that could cause financial information that is reported not to be indicative of future operations or financial conditions | If applicable, mandatory | ||
| 17BF(1)(b) | Information on dividends paid or recommended | If applicable, mandatory | ||
| 17BF(1)(c) | Details of any community service obligations the government business enterprise has including: | If applicable, mandatory | ||
| (a) | an outline of actions taken to fulfil those obligations; and | |||
| (b) | an assessment of the cost of fulfilling those obligations | |||
| 17BF(2) | A statement regarding the exclusion of information on the grounds that the information is commercially sensitive and would be likely to result in unreasonable commercial prejudice to the government business enterprise | If applicable, mandatory | ||
| 17BG | Additional requirement for prescribed corporate Commonwealth entities | |||
| 17BG | An assessment of the entity ' s performance against the Commonwealth Procurement Rules during the reporting period | If applicable, mandatory |
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