Commonwealth Authorities and Companies Amendment Regulations 2009 (No. 1)¹

I, QUENTIN BRYCE, Governor‑General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulations under the Commonwealth Authorities and Companies Act 1997.

Dated 5 February 2009

QUENTIN BRYCE

Governor‑General

By Her Excellency’s Command

LINDSAY TANNER

1              Name of Regulations

                These Regulations are the Commonwealth Authorities and Companies Amendment Regulations 2009 (No. 1).

2              Commencement

                These Regulations commence on the day after they are registered.

3              Amendment of Commonwealth Authorities and Companies Regulations 1997

                Schedule 1 amends the Commonwealth Authorities and Companies Regulations 1997.

Schedule 1        Amendments

(regulation 3)

[1]           Subregulation 4A (1), table, after item 2

insert

[2]           Subregulation 4A (1), table, after item 4

insert

[3]           Regulation 6, heading

substitute

6              Commonwealth authorities incorporated for a public purpose by regulations (Act, paragraph 7 (1) (b))

[4]           Subparagraph 6A (1) (b) (iii)

omit

must not include

insert

subject to subregulation (4), must not include

[5]           After subregulation 6A (3)

insert

         (4)   The audit committee of the Australian Government Solicitor (AGS) may include members of the AGS Advisory Board.

Note   The AGS is established under section 55J of the Judiciary Act 1903. The AGS Advisory Board is established under the corporate governance arrangements that apply to the AGS in accordance with section 55ZE of that Act.

1.       All legislative instruments and compilations are registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments kept under the Legislative Instruments Act 2003. See http://www.frli.gov.au.