(1) If a public agency
is required to publish an annual report under Part 5 of the
Financial Management Act 2006 or any other written law, the principal officer
of the public agency shall ensure that a statement is included in the annual
report setting out the details mentioned in subsection (2) of all expenditure
incurred by or on behalf of the public agency during the reporting period in
relation to the following —
(a)
advertising agencies;
(b)
market research organisations;
(c)
polling organisations;
(d)
direct mail organisations;
(e)
media advertising organisations.
(2) The details to be
set out in the statement are —
(a) the
total amount of the expenditure; and
(b) in
relation to each class of expenditure constituted by a paragraph of subsection
(1) —
(i)
the amount of the expenditure for the class; and
(ii)
the name of each person, agency or organisation to whom
an amount was paid.
(3) The principal
officer does not have to set out the details mentioned in subsection (2)(b) in
relation to a class of expenditure if the amount of the expenditure for the
class is less than the specified amount.
[Section 175ZE inserted: No. 75 of 1992 s. 4;
amended: No. 77 of 2006 Sch. 1 cl. 51.]