Contents

Part 1--Preliminary                                                                                                                1

1............ Short title [see Note 1] ....................................................................... 1

2............ Commencement [see Note 1] .............................................................. 1

3............ Interpretation ...................................................................................... 1

4............ Extension to Territories ...................................................................... 3

5............ Application of Act outside Australia ................................................. 3

6............ Application of Export Market Development Grants Act 1997 not affected             3

6A......... Application of the Criminal Code ...................................................... 3

Part 2--Establishment and function of the Australian Trade Commission                 4

7............ Australian Trade Commission ............................................................ 4

Part 3--Establishment and functions of the CEO                                                  5

7A......... Function of the Australian Trade Commission .................................. 5

7B......... The Chief Executive Officer ............................................................... 5

8............ Functions of the CEO ......................................................................... 5

9............ Duties ................................................................................................. 6

9A......... Overseas exercise of CEO's powers ................................................... 7

9B......... CEO may charge fees .......................................................................... 7

10.......... Power of Minister to give directions .................................................. 7

Part 6--CEO and staff                                                                                                          8

Division 1--Chief Executive Officer                                                                     8

51.......... Appointment of Chief Executive Officer ........................................... 8

52.......... Appointment to be full‑time .............................................................. 8

54.......... Remuneration and allowances ............................................................. 8

55.......... CEO not to engage in paid employment ............................................. 8

56.......... Acting CEO ........................................................................................ 9

57.......... Leave of absence ................................................................................. 9

58.......... Resignation ......................................................................................... 9

59.......... Termination ........................................................................................ 9

Division 2--Staff of the Commission                                                                   11

60.......... Staff of the Commission ................................................................... 11

61.......... Locally engaged employees .............................................................. 11

62.......... Consultants ....................................................................................... 11

Part 7--Corporate plans                                                                                                    12

64.......... CEO to develop corporate plans ...................................................... 12

65.......... Approval of corporate plans ............................................................ 12

66.......... Variation of corporate plans ............................................................. 12

Part 9--Miscellaneous                                                                                                        14

90.......... Delegations by Minister and CEO ................................................... 14

92.......... Annual reports .................................................................................. 14

94.......... Secrecy .............................................................................................. 15

97.......... Regulations ....................................................................................... 16

Notes                                                                                                                                             17

  

Notes to the Australian Trade Commission Act 1985

Note 1

The Australian Trade Commission Act 1985 as shown in this compilation comprises Act No. 186, 1985 amended as indicated in the Tables below.

For application, saving or transitional provisions made by the Australian Trade Commission Legislation Amendment Act 2006, see Act No. 56, 2006.

All relevant information pertaining to application, saving or transitional provisions prior to 24 November 2000 is not included in this compilation. For subsequent information see Table A.

Table of Acts

Act	Number and year	Date of Assent	Date of commencement	Application, saving or transitional provisions
Australian Trade Commission Act 1985	186, 1985	16 Dec 1985	Ss. 1-3 and 97: Royal Assent Remainder: 6 Jan 1986 (see Gazette 1985, No. S551)
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No. 2) 1986	168, 1986	18 Dec 1986	S. 3: Royal Assent (a)	S. 5(1)
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1987	141, 1987	18 Dec 1987	S. 3: Royal Assent (b)	S. 5(1)
Lands Acquisition (Repeal and Consequential Provisions) Act 1989	21, 1989	20 Apr 1989	9 June 1989 (see s. 2 and Gazette 1989, No. S185)	--
Industry, Technology and Commerce Legislation Amendment Act 1989	91, 1989	27 June 1989	S. 15: 14 Dec 1988 Part 4 (ss. 20-25): 30 Nov 1989 (see Gazette 1989, No. S371) Part 5 (ss. 26, 27): 1 Aug 1989 (see Gazette 1989, No. S262) Remainder: Royal Assent	--
Banking Legislation Amendment Act 1989	129, 1989	7 Nov 1989	Part 1 (ss. 1, 2), ss. 3, 26, 29-33, 35, 38 and 40: Royal Assent S. 23(1): 4 May 1989 S. 39: 23 Jan 1988 Remainder: 28 Dec 1989 (see Gazette 1989, No. S383)	--
Industrial Relations Legislation Amendment Act 1991	122, 1991	27 June 1991	Ss. 4(1), 10(b) and 15-20: 1 Dec 1988 Ss. 28(b)-(e), 30 and 31: 10 Dec 1991 (see Gazette 1991, No. S332) Remainder: Royal Assent	S. 31(2)
Export Finance and Insurance Corporation (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Act 1991	149, 1991	21 Oct 1991	1 Nov 1991	Ss. 48 and 49
Prime Minister and Cabinet Legislation Amendment Act 1991	199, 1991	18 Dec 1991	18 Dec 1991	--
Australian Trade Commission Amendment Act 1994	127, 1994	18 Oct 1994	18 Oct 1994	--
Export Market Development Grants (Repeal and Consequential Provisions) Act 1997	44, 1997	22 Apr 1997	1 July 1997	--
Tax Law Improvement Act 1997	121, 1997	8 July 1997	Schedule 3 (item 65): (c)	--
Audit (Transitional and Miscellaneous) Amendment Act 1997	152, 1997	24 Oct 1997	Schedule 2 (items 533-541): 1 Jan 1998 (see Gazette 1997, No. GN49) (d)	--
Export Market Development Grants Legislation Amendment Act 1999	100, 1999	16 July 1999	16 July 1999	--
Public Employment (Consequential and Transitional) Amendment Act 1999	146, 1999	11 Nov 1999	Schedule 1 (items 270-272): 5 Dec 1999 (see Gazette 1999, No. S584) (e)	--
Corporate Law Economic Reform Program Act 1999	156, 1999	24 Nov 1999	Schedule 10 (item 61): 13 Mar 2000 (see Gazette 2000, No. S114) (f)	--
Criminal Code Amendment (Theft, Fraud, Bribery and Related Offences) Act 2000	137, 2000	24 Nov 2000	Ss. 1-3 and Schedule 1 (items 1, 4, 6, 7, 9-11, 32): Royal Assent Remainder: 24 May 2001	Sch. 2 (items 418, 419) [see Table A]
Foreign Affairs and Trade Legislation Amendment (Application of Criminal Code) Act 2001	35, 2001	28 Apr 2001	26 May 2001	S. 4 [see Table A]
Abolition of Compulsory Age Retirement (Statutory Officeholders) Act 2001	159, 2001	1 Oct 2001	29 Oct 2001	Sch. 1 (item 97) [see Table A]
Financial Framework Legislation Amendment Act 2005	8, 2005	22 Feb 2005	Schedule 2 (items 70, 71, 174): Royal Assent	Sch. 2 (item 174) [see Table A]
Australian Trade Commission Legislation Amendment Act 2006	56, 2006	21 June 2006	Schedule 1 (items 1-41) and Schedule 4: 1 July 2006 (see F2006L01897)	Sch. 4 [see Note 1]
Export Market Development Grants Legislation Amendment Act 2006	57, 2006	21 June 2006	Schedule 2 (items 2-4): Royal Assent	--
Export Market Development Grants Amendment Act 2008	33, 2008	23 June 2008	Schedule 1 (items 1, 2): Royal Assent	--

 

(a)     The Australian Trade Commission Act 1985 was amended by section 3 only of the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No. 2) 1986, subsection 2(1) of which provides as follows:

                 (1)   Subject to this section, this Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

(b)    The Australian Trade Commission Act 1985 was amended by section 3 only of the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1987, subsection 2(1) of which provides as follows:

                 (1)   Subject to this section, this Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

(c)     The Australian Trade Commission Act 1985 was amended by Schedule 3 (item 65) only of the Tax Law Improvement Act 1997, subsections 2(2) and (3) of which provide as follows:

                 (2)   Schedule 1 commences on 1 July 1997 immediately after the commencement of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997.

                 (3)   Each of the other Schedules (except Schedule 12) commences immediately after the commencement of the immediately preceding Schedule.

(d)     The Australian Trade Commission Act 1985 was amended by Schedule 2 (items 533-541) only of the Audit (Transitional and Miscellaneous) Amendment Act 1997, subsection 2(2) of which provides as follows:

                 (2)   Schedules 1, 2 and 4 commence on the same day as the Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997.

(e)     The Australian Trade Commission Act 1985 was amended by Schedule 1 (items 270-272) only of the Public Employment (Consequential and Transitional) Amendment Act 1999, subsections 2(1) and (2) of which provide as follows:

                 (1)   In this Act, commencing time means the time when the Public Service Act 1999 commences.

                 (2)   Subject to this section, this Act commences at the commencing time.

(f)      The Australian Trade Commission Act 1985 was amended by Schedule 10 (item 61) only of the Corporate Law Economic Reform Program Act 1999, subsection 2(2)(c) of which provides as follows:

                 (2)   The following provisions commence on a day or days to be fixed by Proclamation:

                              (c)   the items in Schedules 10, 11 and 12.

Table of Amendments

ad. = added or inserted     am. = amended     rep. = repealed     rs. = repealed and substituted
Provision affected	How affected
Part 1
Heading to Part I..................	rep. No. 56, 2006
Heading to Part 1.................	ad. No. 56, 2006
S. 3......................................	am. No. 129, 1989; No. 149, 1991; Nos. 44 and 152; 1997; No. 146, 1999; No. 56, 2006
Heading to s. 6....................	am. No. 44, 1997
S. 6......................................	am. No. 44 1997
S. 6A...................................	ad. No. 35, 2001
Part 2
Heading to Part II.................	rep. No. 56, 2006
Heading to Part 2.................	ad. No. 56, 2006
S. 7......................................	am. No. 56, 2006
Note to s. 7(2).....................	ad. No. 152, 1997
Part 3
Heading to Part 3.................	ad. No. 56, 2006
Ss. 7A, 7B...........................	ad. No. 56, 2006
Heading to s. 8....................	am. No. 56, 2006
S. 8......................................	am. No. 149, 1991; No. 44, 1997; No. 56, 2006; No. 33, 2008
S. 9......................................	am. No. 56, 2006
Ss. 9A, 9B...........................	ad. No. 56, 2006
S. 10....................................	am. No. 44, 1997; No. 56, 2006
Note to s. 10(1)...................	ad. No. 56, 2006
Part III...................................	rep. No. 56, 2006
S. 11....................................	rep. No. 56, 2006
S. 12....................................	am. No. 141, 1987; No. 91, 1989; No. 149, 1991; No. 127, 1994
	rep. No. 56, 2006
S. 13....................................	am. No. 44, 1997
	rep. No. 56, 2006
S. 14....................................	rep. No. 56, 2006
Ss. 15-17............................	am. No. 149, 1991
	rep. No. 56, 2006
Ss. 18, 19............................	rep. No. 56, 2006
S. 20....................................	am. No. 149, 1991; No. 152, 1997; No. 156, 1999
	rep. No. 56, 2006
S. 21....................................	rep. No. 56, 2006
S. 22....................................	rep. No. 152, 1997
Part IV.................................	rep. No. 56, 2006
S. 23....................................	am. No. 21, 1989; No. 44, 1997
	rep. No. 56, 2006
Ss. 24-29............................	rep. No. 56, 2006
S. 30....................................	am. No. 44, 1997
	rep. No. 56, 2006
Ss. 31, 32............................	rep. No. 149, 1991
Part V .................................	rep. No. 149, 1991
S. 33....................................	am. No. 168, 1986
	rep. No. 149, 1991
Ss. 34-45............................	rep. No. 149, 1991
S. 46....................................	am. No. 168, 1986
	rep. No. 149, 1991
Ss. 47-50............................	rep. No. 149, 1991
Part 6
Part VI.................................	rep. No. 56, 2006
Part 6...................................	ad. No. 56, 2006
Division 1
S. 51....................................	rs. No. 149, 1991
	am. No. 159, 2001
	rs. No. 56, 2006
S. 52....................................	rs. No. 149, 1991; No. 56, 2006
S. 53....................................	rep. No. 56, 2006
S. 54....................................	am. No. 149, 1991
	rs. No. 56, 2006
S. 55....................................	rs. No. 56, 2006
S. 56....................................	am. No. 149, 1991
	rs. No. 56, 2006
S. 57....................................	rs. No. 122, 1991
	am. No. 146, 1999
	rs. No. 56, 2006
S. 58....................................	am. No. 149, 1991
	rs. No. 56, 2006
S. 59....................................	am. No. 122, 1991
	rep. No. 149, 1991
	ad. No. 56, 2006
Division 2
S. 60....................................	am. No. 199, 1991
	rs. No. 56, 2006
Ss. 61, 62............................	rs. No. 56, 2006
S. 63....................................	rep. No. 146, 1999
Part 7
Heading to Part VII...............	rep. No. 56, 2006
Heading to Part 7.................	ad. No. 56, 2006
Heading to Div. 1 of Part VII	rep. No. 56, 2006
Heading to s. 64..................	am. No. 56, 2006
S. 64....................................	am. No. 149, 1991; Nos. 56 and 57, 2006
Ss. 65, 66............................	am. No. 56, 2006
Div. 2 of Part VII..................	rep. No. 56, 2006
Ss. 67-69............................	rep. No. 56, 2006
Part VIII................................	rep. No. 56, 2006
S. 70....................................	rep. No. 149, 1991
S. 71....................................	am. No. 149, 1991; No. 44, 1997; No. 57, 2006
	rep. No. 56, 2006
S. 72....................................	am. No. 168, 1986; No. 149, 1991; No. 152, 1997
	rep. No. 56, 2006
S. 73....................................	am. No. 168, 1986
	rep. No. 149, 1991
Ss. 74, 75............................	rep. No. 149, 1991
Ss. 76, 77............................	rep. No. 152, 1997
S. 78....................................	rep. No. 56, 2006
S. 79....................................	am. No. 8, 2005
	rep. No. 56, 2006
S. 80....................................	am. No. 149, 1991
	rep. No. 56, 2006
Ss. 81, 82............................	rep. No. 56, 2006
S. 83....................................	am. No. 121, 1997
	rep. No. 56, 2006
Ss. 84-87............................	rep. No. 149, 1991
S. 88....................................	rep. No. 56, 2006
S. 89....................................	rs. No. 152, 1997
	rep. No. 56, 2006
Part 9
Heading to Part IX................	rep. No. 56, 2006
Heading to Part 9.................	ad. No. 56, 2006
S. 90....................................	am. No. 149, 1991; No. 44, 1997
	rs. No. 56, 2006
S. 91....................................	rep. No. 56, 2006
S. 92....................................	am. Nos. 44 and 152, 1997; No. 57, 2006
	rs. No. 56, 2006
S. 93....................................	rep. No. 152, 1997
S. 94....................................	am. No. 149, 1991; No. 44, 1997; No. 100, 1999; No. 56, 2006
S. 95....................................	am. No. 137, 2000
	rep. No. 56, 2006
S. 96....................................	rep. No. 56, 2006
S. 97....................................	am. No. 149, 1991

 

Table A

Application, saving or transitional provisions

Criminal Code Amendment (Theft, Fraud, Bribery and Related Offences) Act 2000 (No. 137, 2000)

Schedule 2

418  Transitional--pre‑commencement offences

(1)        Despite the amendment or repeal of a provision by this Schedule, that provision continues to apply, after the commencement of this item, in relation to:

                     (a)  an offence committed before the commencement of this item; or

                     (b)  proceedings for an offence alleged to have been committed before the commencement of this item; or

                     (c)  any matter connected with, or arising out of, such proceedings;

as if the amendment or repeal had not been made.

(2)        Subitem (1) does not limit the operation of section 8 of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901.

419  Transitional--pre‑commencement notices

If:

                     (a)  a provision in force immediately before the commencement of this item required that a notice set out the effect of one or more other provisions; and

                     (b)  any or all of those other provisions are repealed by this Schedule; and

                     (c)  the first‑mentioned provision is amended by this Schedule;

the amendment of the first‑mentioned provision by this Schedule does not affect the validity of such a notice that was given before the commencement of this item.

Foreign Affairs and Trade Legislation Amendment (Application of Criminal Code) Act 2001 (No. 35, 2001)

4  Application of amendments

             (1)  Each amendment made by this Act applies to acts and omissions that take place after the amendment commences.

             (2)  For the purposes of this section, if an act or omission is alleged to have taken place between 2 dates, one before and one on or after the day on which a particular amendment commences, the act or omission is alleged to have taken place before the amendment commences.

Abolition of Compulsory Age Retirement (Statutory Officeholders) Act 2001 (No. 159, 2001)

Schedule 1

97  Application of amendments

The amendments made by this Schedule do not apply to an appointment if the term of the appointment began before the commencement of this item.

Financial Framework Legislation Amendment Act 2005 (No. 8, 2005)

Schedule 2

174  Saving provision--provisions that formerly referred to the Treasurer

(1)        Any thing that:

                     (a)  was done by the Treasurer, or by a delegate of the Treasurer, before the commencing time under an affected provision; and

                     (b)  was in effect immediately before the commencing time;

continues to have effect after the commencing time as if it had been done by the Finance Minister under the affected provision.

(2)        In this item:

affected provision means a provision that is amended by an item in this Schedule so as to replace references to the Treasurer with references to the Finance Minister.

commencing time means the day this Act receives the Royal Assent.

Finance Minister means the Minister who administers the Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997.