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TASMANIA
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STATE GRANTS COMMISSION AMENDMENT
BILL 2015
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CONTENTS
1. Short title
2. Commencement
3. Principal Act
4. Section 4 amended (Constitution, &c., of Commission)
5. Section 5 amended (Term of office and removal of members)
6. Section 6 amended (Procedure of the Commission)
7. Section 7 substituted
7. Staff and support to be provided to the Commission
8. Repeal of Act
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STATE GRANTS COMMISSION AMENDMENT
BILL 2015
This Public Bill originated in the House of Assembly, and, having this day passed, is
now ready for presentation to the Legislative Council for its concurrence.
S. G. DONNELLY, Clerk of the House
19 March 2015
(Brought in by the Treasurer, the Honourable Peter Carl
Gutwein)
A BILL FOR
An Act to amend the State Grants Commission Act 1976
Be it enacted by Her Excellency the Governor of Tasmania, by
and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and
House of Assembly, in Parliament assembled, as follows:
1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the State Grants
Commission Amendment Act 2015.
2. Commencement
This Act commences on a day to be proclaimed.
3. Principal Act
In this Act, the State Grants Commission Act
1976* is referred to as the Principal Act.
*No. 40 of 1976
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4. Section 4 amended (Constitution, &c., of
Commission)
Section 4 of the Principal Act is amended as
follows:
(a) by omitting from subsection (1) "4
members" and substituting "3 members";
(b) by omitting paragraph (a) from
subsection (1);
(c) by omitting paragraph (c) from
subsection (1) and substituting the
following paragraph:
(c) one shall be a person who the
Secretary of the Department
considers to have appropriate
experience in business, financial
or local government matters and
who is nominated by the
Secretary of the Department and
approved by the Minister.
(d) by omitting from subsection (4)
"subsection (1)(a)" and substituting
"subsection (1)(c)".
5. Section 5 amended (Term of office and removal of
members)
Section 5 of the Principal Act is amended as
follows:
(a) by omitting from subsection (1)(a) "3
years" and substituting "5 years";
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(b) by omitting from subsection (2) "(being a
person having experience as provided in
paragraph (a) of section 4(1) or
nominated as provided by paragraph (b)
or paragraph (c) of that section, as the
case requires)" and substituting "(being a
person nominated as provided by
section 4(1)(b), or nominated and
approved as provided by section 4(1)(c),
as the case requires)".
6. Section 6 amended (Procedure of the Commission)
Section 6 of the Principal Act is amended as
follows:
(a) by omitting from subsection (1)(b) "4
members" and substituting "3 members";
(b) by omitting from subsection (1)(c)
"questions; and" and substituting
"questions.";
(c) by omitting paragraph (d) from
subsection (1);
(d) by omitting from subsection (2)(c) "3
members" and substituting "2 members".
7. Section 7 substituted
Section 7 of the Principal Act is repealed and the
following section is substituted:
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7. Staff and support to be provided to the
Commission
The Secretary of the Department must
arrange for there to be made available to
the Commission -
(a) the State Service officers and
State Service employees
employed in a State Service
Agency; and
(b) the financial and other support -
who or that may be necessary to enable
the Commission to exercise and perform
the Commission's powers and functions
under this Act.
8. Repeal of Act
This Act is repealed on the three hundredth and
sixty fifth day from the day on which it
commences.
6 Government Printer, Tasmania