Western Australian Consolidated Acts

FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT ACT 2006 - SECT 68

68 .         Reporting on abolition of agency

        (1)         Before, on or after the abolition of an agency, the Treasurer is to appoint a person to perform the duties set out in this section.

        (2)         If the abolition takes effect at the end of a financial year of the agency, the reporting officer is to comply with the provisions of sections 61 and 63 in respect of the agency —

            (a)         for that financial year; and

            (b)         to the extent that those provisions have not been complied with for any earlier financial year of the agency.

        (3)         If the abolition takes effect at a time other than the end of a financial year of the agency, the reporting officer is to —

            (a)         comply with the provisions of sections 61 and 63 in respect of the agency to the extent that those provisions have not been complied with for any financial year of the agency that ended before the abolition; and

            (b)         prepare and submit to the Minister a report in respect of the agency for the period starting from the end of the last financial year of the agency to have ended before the abolition and ending with the abolition.

        (4)         The Treasurer may give the reporting officer written directions as to the preparation and submission of the final report.

        (5)         On appointment under subsection (1), the reporting officer has a duty to prepare and submit any report required under this section and to comply with any directions given by the Treasurer under subsection (4).