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STATE SUPPLY COMMISSION AMENDMENT BILL 2007

                       Western Australia


State Supply Commission Amendment Bill 2007

                          CONTENTS


   1.   Short title                                                  2
   2.   Commencement                                                 2
   3.   The Act amended                                              2
   4.   Section 3 amended                                            2
   5.   Part 3 Division 1 heading inserted                           2
        Division 1 -- General
   6.   Section 19 amended                                           2
   7.   Part 3 Division 2 inserted                                   3
        Division 2 -- State fleet agreement
        26AA.     Commission may enter into an agreement
                  relating to supply and disposal of vehicles   3
        26AB.     Delegation                                    4
   8.   Section 30 amended                                           5
   9.   Section 32 amended                                           5




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                     LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY



State Supply Commission Amendment Bill 2007


                               A Bill for


An Act to amend the State Supply Commission Act 1991.



The Parliament of Western Australia enacts as follows:




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     1.         Short title
                This is the State Supply Commission Amendment Act 2007.

     2.         Commencement
                This Act comes into operation as follows:
 5               (a) sections 1 and 2 -- on the day on which this Act
                       receives the Royal Assent;
                 (b) the rest of the Act -- on a day fixed by proclamation.

     3.         The Act amended
                The amendments in this Act are to the State Supply Commission
10              Act 1991.

     4.         Section 3 amended
                Section 3(1) is amended after the definition of "public
                authority" by inserting --
                "
15                    "State fleet agreement" means an agreement entered
                          into by the Commission under section 26AA(1);
                                                                             ".

     5.         Part 3 Division 1 heading inserted
                Before section 17 the following heading is inserted --
20   "
                                 Division 1 -- General
                                                                             ".

     6.         Section 19 amended
          (1)   Section 19(1) is amended by deleting "subsection (2)," and
25              inserting instead --
                "   subsections (2) and (3),   ".


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          (2)       After section 19(2) the following subsection is inserted --
                "
                    (3)   The Commission is not responsible for arranging and
                          co-ordinating the supply of goods and services that are
 5                        to be supplied by a Minister under a State fleet
                          agreement.
                                                                                      ".

     7.             Part 3 Division 2 inserted
                    After section 26 the following Division is inserted in Part 3 --
10   "
                             Division 2 -- State fleet agreement
            26AA. Commission may enter into an agreement relating
                  to supply and disposal of vehicles
                    (1)   The Commission may enter into an agreement
15                        (a "State fleet agreement") with a Minister for the
                          Minister to perform or exercise, in accordance with any
                          terms, conditions or restrictions specified in the
                          agreement, any function or power of the Commission
                          under this Act that may be performed or exercised in,
20                        or in relation to --
                            (a) the supply of vehicles to public authorities; or
                            (b) the disposal of those vehicles.
                    (2)   For the purposes of sections 26AB(1), 30(6) and 32(2),
                          a department of the Public Service is to be specified in
25                        a State fleet agreement.
                    (3)   A department of the Public Service may be specified in
                          a State fleet agreement if the department principally
                          assists the Minister who enters into the agreement with
                          the administration of a written law.




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              (4)   For the purposes of this Act and any other written law,
                    an act or thing that is done by, to, by reference to, or in
                    relation to a Minister, in connection with the
                    performance or exercise by the Minister of a function
 5                  or power of the Commission under a State fleet
                    agreement, is as effectual as it would be if it were done
                    by, to, by reference to, or in relation to the
                    Commission.

            26AB.   Delegation
10            (1)   A Minister who enters into a State fleet agreement may
                    delegate to the chief executive officer of the
                    department of the Public Service specified in the
                    agreement under section 26AA(2) any function or
                    power that the Minister may perform or exercise under
15                  the agreement.
              (2)   The delegation is to be in writing signed by the
                    Minister.
              (3)   If a function or power is delegated under subsection (1)
                    to a chief executive officer of a department of the
20                  Public Service, the delegation may expressly authorise
                    the chief executive officer to further delegate the
                    function or power to one or more other officers of the
                    department.
              (4)   A person performing or exercising a function or power
25                  that has been delegated to the person under, or as
                    authorised under, this section is to be taken to do so in
                    accordance with the terms of the delegation unless the
                    contrary is shown.
              (5)   Nothing in this section limits the power of the Minister
30                  to perform a function through an officer or agent.
                                                                                  ".




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     8.             Section 30 amended
          (1)       Section 30(2) is amended after "to which" by inserting --
                    "     , subject to subsection (4),   ".
          (2)       After section 30(3) the following subsections are inserted --
 5              "
                    (4)     Any funds made available under subsection (1) for the
                            purposes of the performance or exercise of a function
                            or power of the Commission that is to be performed or
                            exercised by a Minister under a State fleet agreement
10                          are to be credited to an agency special purpose account
                            established under the Financial Management Act 2006
                            section 16 for the purposes of this subsection.
                    (5)     All costs and expenses incurred in the performance or
                            exercise of a function or power of the Commission that
15                          is performed or exercised by a Minister under a State
                            fleet agreement are to be charged to the account
                            referred to in subsection (4).
                    (6)     For the purposes of the Financial Management
                            Act 2006 section 52, the administration of the account
20                          referred to in subsection (4) is to be regarded as a
                            service under the control of the department of the
                            Public Service specified in the State fleet agreement
                            under section 26AA(2).
                                                                                       ".

25   9.             Section 32 amended
                    Section 32 is amended as follows:
                     (a) before "The" by inserting the subsection designation
                           "(1)";
                     (b) by deleting "The" and inserting instead --
30                         " Subject to subsection (2), the ";



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                 (c)    at the end of the section by inserting --
            "
                (2)    Any acts or things done by a Minister in the
                       performance or exercise of a function or power of the
 5                     Commission under a State fleet agreement are to be
                       regarded as --
                         (a) services under the control of the department of
                              the Public Service specified in the State fleet
                              agreement under section 26AA(2) for the
10                            purposes of the Financial Management
                              Act 2006 section 52; and
                         (b) part of the operations of that department for the
                              purposes of Part 5 of that Act.
                                                                                 ".

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