Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

CULTURAL FACILITIES CORPORATION ACT 1997 (NO 48 OF 1997)

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

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   PART I--PRELIMINARY

   1.      This Act may be cited as the Cultural Facilities Corporation Act 1997.  
   3.      (1) In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears— “Civic Square precinct” means the land constituting Blocks 18, 20 and 22, Section 19, Division of City, Canberra Central District; “Corporation” means the Cultural Facilities Corporation; “cultural activities” includes artistic, historical or otherwise cultural entertainments, displays and exhibitions; “designated location” means—  

   PART II--CORPORATE STATUS

   5.      The functions of the Corporation are—  
   6.      (1) The Corporation has power to do all things necessary and convenient to be done in connection with the performance of its functions.  
   7.      In exercising its powers under section 6, the Corporation shall have regard to—  
   8.      (1) The Corporation—  
   12.     Schedule 2 has effect in relation to the members referred to in paragraph 10 (1) (a).  
   15.     At a meeting of the Corporation, a majority of the members of the Corporation constitutes a quorum.  

   PART III--CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, STAFF AND CONSULTANTS

   18.     The Chief Executive Officer shall, subject to and in accordance with the directions of the Corporation, manage the affairs of the Corporation.  

   PART IV--MANAGEMENT

   21.     In this Part, unless the contrary intention appears—“business plan”, in relation to a financial year, means the business plan of the Corporation as in force in respect of that year and includes any modification of that plan; “Financial Management Act” means the Financial Management Act 1996.  
   22.     The functions of the Corporation shall be discharged—  
   23.     (1) The business plan of the Corporation in respect of a financial year shall contain—  
   24.     (1) The object of this section is to provide for the development by the Corporation, in consultation with the Minister, of an annual business plan for the Corporation within, as far as practicable, the first 2 months of each financial year, and shall be construed accordingly.  
   25.     (1) Subject to this section and to subsection 23 (1), the Corporation may modify the business plan of the Corporation in respect of a financial year.  

   PART V--MISCELLANEOUS

   27.     The Corporation shall furnish to the Minister such information relating to its operations as the Minister requires.  
   30.     The report prepared by the Corporation for the purposes of section 8 of the Annual Reports (Government Agencies) Act 1995 shall include, in relation to the reporting period—  
   31.     The Executive may make regulations for the purposes of this Act.  
   33.     In respect of the financial year commencing on 1 July 1997, section 24 applies in relation to the Corporation as if subsection (2) were omitted and the following subsection substituted:  
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