Competition and Consumer Act 2010
56FPApplication of the finance law etc.
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56FP Application of the finance law etc.
(1) For the purposes of the finance law (within the meaning of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013), the Data Standards Chair is taken to be an official of the Department.
Note: A consequence of this subsection is that the Secretary of the Department will be the accountable authority (within the meaning of that Act) applicable to the Data Standards Chair.
(2) The Secretary of the Department, when preparing the Department’s annual report under section 46 of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 for a period, must include information in that report about:
(a) the performance of the Data Standards Chair’s functions; and
(b) the exercise of the Data Standards Chair’s powers;
during the period.
(3) If at any time the Data Standards Chair is the Minister then:
(a) subsections (1) and (2) do not apply; and
(b) the Department’s annual report under section 46 of that Act for the period that includes that time must include information about the performance of the Data Standards Chair’s functions, and the exercise of the Data Standards Chair’s powers, at that time.