Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Rule 2014

CHAPTER 2 - COMMONWEALTH ENTITIES AND THE COMMONWEALTH  

PART 2-3 - PLANNING, PERFORMANCE AND ACCOUNTABILITY  

Division 3A - Annual report for Commonwealth entities  

Subdivision A - Annual report for non-corporate Commonwealth entities  

SECTION 17AD  

17AD   SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS FOR ANNUAL REPORTS  
The annual report for a non-corporate Commonwealth entity for a reporting period must include the following:

(a)    a review by the accountable authority of the entity for the period;

(b)    an overview of the entity for the period in accordance with section 17AE;

(c)    a report on the performance of the entity for the period that includes:

(i) the annual performance statements for the entity for the period in accordance with paragraph 39(1)(b) of the Act and section 16F of this rule; and

(ii) a report on the financial performance of the entity for the period in accordance with section 17AF ;

(d)    information on the management and accountability of the entity for the period in accordance with section 17AG ;

(daa)    additional information, in accordance with section 17AGA , about organisations receiving amounts under reportable consultancy contracts or reportable non-consultancy contracts;

(da)    information about executive remuneration in accordance with Subdivision C ;

(e)    the annual financial statements for the entity for the period in accordance with subsection 43(4) of the Act;

(f)    the other mandatory information referred to in section 17AH ;

(g)    a letter of transmittal in accordance with section 17AI ;

(h)    aids to access in accordance with section 17AJ .

Note 1:

The review by the accountable authority may include a summary of significant issues for the entity, an overview of the entity ' s performance and financial results and an outlook for the next reporting period.

Note 2:

Other legislation may require non-corporate Commonwealth entities to include additional matters in the annual report. Guidance material for this section specifies some of that other legislation.

Note 3:

For when the annual report must be given to the responsible Minister, see subsection 46(2) of the Act.