Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

ANNUAL REPORTS (GOVERNMENT AGENCIES) (NO 24 OF 1995)

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

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   1.      This Act may be cited as the Annual Reports (Government Agencies) Act 1995.  
   2.      This Act commences on the day on which it is notified in the Gazette.  
   3.      This Act applies in relation to a reporting period that commences on or after 1 July 1995.  
   4.      In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears—“appropriate administrative unit”, in relation to a public authority, means the administrative unit declared under section 5 to be the appropriate administrative unit in relation to that public authority; “prescribed time”, in relation to the presentation of a report or the provision of information under this Act, means the time fixed under section 11 for the presentation of that report or the provision of that information; “public authority” means—  
   5.      The Minister may, by instrument, declare that a specified administrative unit is the appropriate administrative unit in relation to a specified public authority for the purposes of this Act.  
   9.      Where a public authority fails to comply with subsection 8 (1), or a direction under paragraph 8 (5) (b), in relation to a reporting period of the authority, the Chief Executive of the responsible administrative unit shall, in his or her first report under section 7 after that failure—  
   10.     The Minister may, by instrument, direct a public authority to present a report under subsection 8 (1) or paragraph 8 (5) (a) in respect of a period other than a financial year.  
   11.     (1) The Minister shall, by instrument, fix a time after the end of each reporting period of a public authority within which the public authority is to present a report, or provide information, relating to that reporting period under subsection 8 (1) or paragraph 8 (5) (a) or (b), as the case requires.  
   13.     Where a person is required to prepare more than 1 report under this Act in respect of the same period and those reports can appropriately be combined into a single report that satisfies the requirements of this Act and the relevant directions under this Act, the preparation of such a combined report and the presentation of copies of it to each of the persons to whom separate reports would otherwise have been required to be presented shall be sufficient compliance with the requirements of this Act in relation to the preparation and presentation of the reports which have been so combined.  
   16.     (1) The requirements of this Act are in addition to the requirements of any other law.