Acts Interpretation (Ministerial Acting Arrangements for the Social Services Portfolio) Authorisation (No. 11) 2023

I, the Hon Julie Collins MP, Minister for Housing and Minister for Homelessness, and Minister for Small Business, under subsection 34AAB(1) of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901, authorise Senator the Hon Murray Watt, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, to act on my behalf in the performance of my functions and duties, or the exercise of my powers, that I may perform or exercise under an Act or a provision of an Act, relating to social housing, rent assistance and homelessness as referred to in the Part of the Schedule to the Administrative Arrangements Order relating to the Department of Social Services.

This instrument commences on 25 September 2023 and ends on 29 September 2023.

Dated 24 August 2023    

The Hon Julie Collins MP