3CPortfolio Minister

3C Portfolio Minister

[Section 3C Inserted by No. 18 of 2025, s. 13, Applied:01 Jan 2026]

(1)  If, at any one time, one person is both the Portfolio Minister, in respect of a Government Business Enterprise other than the Tasmanian Public Finance Corporation, and the Treasurer –

(a) the Treasurer must nominate another Minister, being a different person, as the Portfolio Minister for that Government Business Enterprise, for the purposes of this Act; and

(b) a reference in this Act, or any other Act, to the Portfolio Minister for that Government Business Enterprise is taken to be a reference to the other Minister so nominated.

(2)  If, at any one time, one person is both the Portfolio Minister for the Tasmanian Public Finance Corporation and the Treasurer –

(a) the Treasurer may nominate, but is not required to nominate, another Minister as the Portfolio Minister for the Tasmanian Public Finance Corporation, for the purposes of this Act; and

(b) if the Treasurer makes a nomination under paragraph (a), a reference in this Act, or any other Act, to the Portfolio Minister for that Government Business Enterprise is taken to be a reference to the other Minister so nominated.

(3)  If the Treasurer nominates another Minister as the Portfolio Minister under this section in respect of a Government Business Enterprise, the Treasurer is to notify the Government Business Enterprise in writing of that fact, as soon as practicable after the Treasurer makes the nomination.