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This instrument makes a government policy order, applying a policy of the Australian Government relating to the location of corporate Commonwealth entities with agricultural policy or regulatory responsibilities, to the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority.
Administered by: Finance
Registered 24 Nov 2016
Tabling HistoryDate
Tabled HR28-Nov-2016
Tabled Senate28-Nov-2016
Table of contents.

 

Public Governance, Performance and Accountability (Location of Corporate Commonwealth Entities) Order 2016

I, Mathias Cormann, Minister for Finance, make the following order.

Dated 23 November 2016

Mathias Cormann

Minister for Finance

 

 

  

  

  


Contents

1............ Name............................................................................................................................. 1

2............ Commencement............................................................................................................. 1

3............ Authority....................................................................................................................... 1

4............ Location of corporate Commonwealth entities............................................................... 1

5............ Application.................................................................................................................... 1


1  Name

                   This instrument is the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability (Location of Corporate Commonwealth Entities) Order 2016.

2  Commencement

             (1)  Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

 

Commencement information

Column 1

Column 2

Column 3

Provisions

Commencement

Date/Details

1.  The whole of this instrument

The day after this instrument is registered.

25 November 2016

Note:          This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.

             (2)  Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.

3  Authority

                   This instrument is made under subsection 22(1) of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013.

4  Location of corporate Commonwealth entities

             (1)  It is a policy of the Australian Government that a corporate Commonwealth entity with agricultural policy or regulatory responsibilities is to be located:

                     (a)  in a regional community; and

                     (b)  within 10 kilometres by road of the main campus of a regional university that is recognised for research and teaching in the field of agricultural science.

             (2)  In this section:

regional community means a community that is not within 150 kilometres by road of Canberra or the capital city of a State.

5  Application

                   The policy of the Australian Government mentioned in section 4 is applied to the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority.